There are 54 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Sudbury's Health Sciences North hospital today and eight of those patients are in the Intensive Care Unit. There are also two outbreaks of COVID declared at the hospital.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) reported Wednesday that 110 new cases of COVID have been determined, although this number is expected to be much lower than the actual number of cases in the community at large.
PHSD said this means that 11,075 total accumulated cases have occurred in the Sudbury jurisdiction since the pandemic was declared in March of 2020. PHSD also reported that 10,615 of those cases have been resolved. Also, in that time period the health unit has recorded 106 deaths. No new deaths were reported Wednesday. All across Ontario today there are 268 active COVID-19 cases in Intensive Care Units. More complete details are included on the daily COVID-19 public health summary.
As for the possible locations of the new cases, PHSD said 96 new cases were reported to have occurred in the Greater Sudbury area, eight new cases in the rural Sudbury district and six new cases for the Manitoulin district.
PHSD also reported general demographics each day about the age groups for people who are becoming infected.
Epidemiological data showed that the majority of local cases are persons in the 20 to 39 age category with 4.024 total cases (An increase of 37 cases).
The next highest number was 2,754 for the 40-59 age group (An increase of 28).
There were also 2,251 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of 18).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 1,385 cases total (An increase of 17).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 649 cases (An increase of nine).
In the Not Specified category, there were 12 cases (An increase of one).
Note: The numbers above might not correspond to other numbers being reported because the health unit does not report fresh numbers daily, as they happen. Some of the numbers are delayed.
With respect to COVID-19 testing, PHSD said there have been 396,231 total tests carried out locally since the pandemic began; an increase of 646 new tests since Tuesday.
With respect to vaccination numbers, PHSD is now reporting percentages of people vaccinated rather than doses given. The percentage of area residents who are now fully vaccinated translates to 80.7 per cent of all people in the PHSD area.
The Sudbury health unit is reporting a number outbreaks in the city at several long-term care homes and congregate living homes in the city. There are also two new outbreaks reported at the hospital. More details can be found on the daily COVID summary page. Just scroll to the bottom of the summary page to COVID-19 Outbreaks. It also includes locations where outbreaks have been declared over.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, there were 54 patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, the hospital website reported. Eight of those COVID patients were in the intensive care unit. There were seven other patients being investigated (tested) for COVID-19. One of those seven patients was in the ICU. HSN also reported there are no current COVID-19 outbreaks at the hospital.
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 1,425 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. The report also includes 268 COVID patients in intensive care. Also today, the province reported 19 new COVID-19 deaths.
