All of the cases of COVID-19 previously confirmed by Algoma Public Health and the Northwestern Health Unit have reportedly been resolved, bringing the total number of those known to be infected with the virus in Northern Ontario down to 48.
One more case and two more recoveries were logged by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit since the latest report by Sudbury.com, along with one more case by the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit. There has also been one more recovery in the district of Algoma, earning them their clean bill of health, and two more in the Porcupine Health Unit service area.
A total of 260 cases have been confirmed in Northern Ontario to date, including 212 presumed recoveries and seven deaths, following the testing of 20,009.
Within the Public Health Sudbury and Districts service area, there have been 59 cases confirmed to date, of which 49 are believed to have recovered and two have died, following the testing of 4,410.
These numbers have contributed to a provincial total of 18,310 cases as of May 5 at 10:30 a.m., including 12,779 resolutions and 1,361 related deaths. An additional 10,654 tests were logged by 32 public health units across the province since Monday, bringing the total to 352,714, along with 729 resolutions and 61 deaths.
Of these active cases, 1,043 are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, including 223 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 166 in the ICU on a ventilator.
Health Sciences North is currently tending to two of these confirmed cases and two presumptive cases in its ICU, in addition to three unconfirmed cases in other units.
There have been 66 outbreaks declared at hospitals across the province since the pandemic began, along with 175 active outbreaks at long-term care (LTC) homes of the 218 announced.
A total of 2,740 LTC residents and 1,613 LTC staff are currently battling COVID-19 in relation to these outbreaks, including those working and living at four LTC homes in Sudbury.
There have been 1,003 deaths among residents and patients of Ontario LTC homes since the pandemic began and less than five among employees.
As of May 5 at 1:01 p.m., 61,165 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Canada, 26,326 of whom have presumably recovered and 3,918 have lost their lives.
Across the globe, there have been 3,525,116 cases and 243,540 deaths reported in 215 countries, areas or territories as of May 5 at 1:59 p.m.
