Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported three new cases of COVID-19 in the local jurisdiction for Friday, Aug. 13.
The health unit is also reporting there are now 26 active cases being monitored.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 17 months ago, there have been 2,214 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,188 of those cases are now resolved.
There are also now 1,021 cases that are "confirmed or presumed to be" positive for variants of concern. This is an increase of four new cases over Thursday's online report.
The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
New cases were reported to have occurred in Greater Sudbury (two cases) and on Manitoulin Island (one case). With respect to the possible causes of recent cases, PHSD reported there were two cases related to close contact of a confirmed case, and one case related to an outbreak.
PHSD also reported 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 721 total cases (No change).
The next highest group number was 558 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (No change).
The next highest number was 532 cases for the 19 and under age group (No change).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 303 cases total (No change).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 95 cases (No change).
Also, two cases were added to the "not specified" category. There are now two cases in that category.
The numbers above might not correspond to other numbers being reported because the health unit does report fresh numbers daily, as they happen. Some of the numbers are delayed.
With respect to COVID-19 testing, 274,983 tests have been performed in the PHSD region; an increase of 2,227 since the last testing results on Thursday. New vaccination data showed there were 239,831 total accumulated vaccines in the PHSD jurisdiction. This includes 108,794 residents that are fully vaccinated.
The health unit has also reported there is a current active COVID-19 outbreak on Manitoulin Island at the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.
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 Aug. 13, there are two patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, said the HSN website. One of those patients is in the Intensive Care Unit. In addition to this there are three admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. HSN said none of those three 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 513 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported zero deaths had occurred in the past 24 hours.