PHSD also said there are now 531 active cases being monitored by public health officials.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases, there have been 5,118 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 4,587 of those cases have now been resolved.
With respect to where the newest COVID-19 cases might have occurred, the PHSD daily update page reported that 309 cases were found in the Greater Sudbury area, 28 were in the Sudbury district and 12 were found in the Manitoulin District.
In terms of possible causes of the new and recent cases, PHSD reported 44 cases are close contact of a confirmed case, 4 are linked to an outbreak, one was travel related, 33 have no known epidemiological link, and 268 remain under investigation.
PHSD also reports general demographics each day about the people who are becoming infected.
Epidemiological data showed that the majority of local cases are persons in the 20 to 39 age category with 1,763 total cases (an increase of 134).
The next highest number was 1,180 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (and increase of 91).
The next highest group number was 1,421 cases for the 19 and under age group (an increase of 89).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 578 cases total (an increase of 30), and people aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 154 cases (increase of one). There was also one person whose age was not specified.
The numbers above may not completely correspond with the daily case count because PHSD does not always report changes on the day they occur.
With respect to COVID-19 testing, 348,959 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of Nov. 22, an increase of 2,407 since the last PHSD test report.
In terms of vaccination, 205, 257 people have received their third doses.
PHSD is reporting six active outbreaks in the area. Of those, three are school outbreaks. You can find the full list of active and resolved outbreaks here, just scroll to the bottom of the page.
Sudbury's Health Sciences North has not updated their listings since Dec. 23.
On the provincial COVID-19 register today, the Ontario government daily website reported 8,825 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported one new deaths had occurred in the previous 24 hours.