Current status (COVID-19)

As with other diseases of public health significance, Public Health continues surveillance of COVID-19.

Respiratory Illness Surveillance Dashboard

The Respiratory Illness Surveillance Dashboard for Sudbury and Manitoulin districts provides information about local activity levels of respiratory illness, including COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

The dashboard includes information about cases, new hospitalizations, and outbreaks.

Assess your risk

Continue to take steps and use caution to prevent the spread of illness. Follow personal protective measures based on your age, vaccination, and health status. These measures include:

• Staying up to date on vaccination
• Wearing a mask
• Screening daily for symptoms
• Staying home when ill
• Washing your hands

Consider the risk of those around you and increase your use of protective measures based on your personal health situation and environment to reduce the spread of illness in our communities. As always, remember to be kind and respect the choices made by those around you.

Outbreaks of COVID-19

Public Health posts up-to-date information online about active outbreaks in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts related to respiratory and enteric diseases.

COVID-19 vaccine data

Public Health has paused reporting COVID-19 vaccine data. Reporting will resume in alignment with Ministry of Health guidelines for the 2024 fall respiratory season.

For details on vaccination, visit our COVID-19 vaccine page.

Measuring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater

Researchers across Canada and globally are monitoring SARS-CoV-2 (the virus leading to COVID-19) in community wastewater samples to better understand community spread. Levels of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater can be measured to estimate levels of COVID-19 in the community and follow changes over time.

Monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 can be used by public health as a tool for surveillance alongside other public health indicators, such as reported cases, hospitalizations, and outbreaks, to identify COVID-19 trends and support mobilization of resources related to the COVID-19 response.

As of August 2024, the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative (Government of Ontario) no longer provides Public Health with wastewater surveillance data. Public Health continues to work with community partners on ways to continue wastewater surveillance in the North.

This item was last modified on November 25, 2024