Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported two new cases of COVID-19 in the local jurisdiction for August 31. The health unit is also reporting there are now 39 active cases being monitored.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 18 months ago, there have been 2283 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2244 of those cases are now resolved.
There are also 1070 cases that are "confirmed or presumed to be" positive for variants of concern. This is an increase of five new cases since the last testing.
The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
As for the possible location of new cases, PHSD said one new case was reported to have occurred in Greater Sudbury, and one new case in the Manitoulin district.
With respect to the possible causes of recent cases, PHSD reported there was one new case that was travel-related and one new case under investigation.
PHSD also reported general demographics each day about the people who are becoming infected. There were no changes revealed in the age categories.
Epidemiological data showed that the majority of local cases are persons in the 20 to 39 age category with 756 total cases (No increase).
The next highest group number was 566 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (No increase).
The next highest number was 553 cases for the 19 and under age group (No increase).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 305 cases total (No increase).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 96 cases (No increase).
There was an increase of two cases in the "not specified" category.
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, 281,331 tests have been performed in the PHSD region; an increase of 246 since the last testing results. With respect to new vaccinations, the health unit reported there are 245,397 total accumulated vaccines in the local jurisdiction. This also includes 112,148 of those who are fully vaccinated.
The health unit webpage has also reported there is a new active COVID-19 outbreak involving workers for the CP Rail basic track maintenance crew at Cartier. The outbreak on Manitoulin Island in the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory is also still active.
PHSD also listed several recent exposure risks. The details can be found on the daily COVID summary page.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of August 31 there were two patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, according to the HSN website. One of the two patients is in the Intensive Care Unit. In addition to this there were five admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. HSN said none of those patients being tested has been admitted to the ICU at this time.
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 694 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported zero new COVID-19 deaths had occurred in the past 24 hours.