Public Health Sudbury & Districts is reporting 22 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
The cases are all in Greater Sudbury with 20 confirmed as outbreak related and two as close contact with other cases.
Considering resolved cases, there are now 173 active virus cases within the unit’s jurisdiction.
Public Health Sudbury & Districts has also declared a COVID-19 outbreak at École Alliance St-Joseph school (Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon) in Greater Sudbury after a second person tested positive for the virus.
Parents, caregivers, and staff are being provided notice of the outbreak and will receive public health guidance.
In accordance with provincial guidance, an outbreak in a school setting is declared when two or more laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 are linked and occur within 14 days of each other, and at least one case could have acquired their infection in the school.
The individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 are currently self-isolating and being monitored by Public Health Sudbury & Districts while the investigation continues.
The unit also declared a COVID-19 outbreak on Friday in Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary School (Sudbury Catholic District School Board) in Greater Sudbury after two additional individuals tested positive for the virus.
This brings the total cases at the school to three.
In vaccinations … 7, 776 people received their first dose, 580 people have been fully vaccinated and 8,356 total doses have been administered (includes first and second doses).
Health Sciences North currently has two admitted patients who are waiting for test results.
And Algoma Public Health has only five active cases with one person hospitalized.