Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has again reported no new cases of COVID-19 in the local jurisdiction for the sixth day in a row, and only five active cases being watched locally.
There are also no active COVID-19 patients at Health Sciences North.
Since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 16 months ago, there have been 2,171 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,166 of those cases have now been resolved. The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
PHSD also reports general demographics each day about the people who are becoming infected. No changes were reported.
Epidemiological data showed that the majority of local cases are persons in the 20 to 39 age category with 713 total cases (no increase).
The next highest group number was 545 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (no increase).
The next highest number was 517 cases for the 19 and under age group (no increase).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 302 cases total (no increase).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 94 cases (no increase).
With respect to COVID-19 testing, a cumulative total of 262,662 tests have been performed in the PHSD region; an increase of 200 in 24 hours.
This week, PHSD has reported more than 1,600 new COVID tests with zero new cases.
As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a cumulative total of 208,728 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area. There are also 81,083 local residents who are now fully vaccinated.
PHSD is also reporting there are still six cases of "confirmed" variants of the COVID-19 virus, no change in several days.
There are 979 cases that are "screened positive" for variants of concern; no change in the past 24 hours.
PHSD said additional time is required to genetically sequence the virus in a positive sample and confirm it as a COVID-19 variant of concern.
Yesterday, PHSD reported the active outbreak in the area, at the Discovery Early Learning (Holy Trinity location) daycare site was declared over.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of July 6 there were no patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, said the HSN website. In addition to this there are five admitted patients being tested for COVID-19. HSN said none of the patients being tested has been admitted to the ICU at this time.
On the provincial COVID-19 register today, the Ontario government daily website reported 183 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported nine new deaths had occurred in the past 24 hours.
