COVID-19 activity on the rise in Sudbury, Ont., says health unit – CBC

Public Health Sudbury and Districts has a new respiratory illness surveillance dashboard

Oct 19, 2023

The rate of COVID-19 activity is increasing in Greater Sudbury, according to the district’s health unit.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts has a new respiratory illness surveillance dashboard that tracks information about COVID-19, influenza and other respiratory illnesses like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) . It includes case activity, hospital activity, outbreak activity and wastewater activity.

As of Oct. 14, COVID-19 case activity was considered very high, with a per cent positivity rate of 16.6 per cent.

The health unit reported there were 32 new COVID-19 hospital admissions that week. Outbreak activity, for all respiratory illnesses, and wastewater activity were listed as high in the dashboard.

Afzaa Rajabali, a health promoter with Public Health Sudbury and Districts’ control and infectious diseases team, said the dashboard is meant to help people make informed decisions about their health.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/covid-19-rate-sudbury-1.7002079