Several new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Sudbury.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts has confirmed ten more cases, all in Greater Sudbury: six are nineteen or younger, along with a man in his 40s, a woman in her 60s, a man in his 20s, and a woman in her 40s.
One of the new cases is an employee of Sudbury's Pioneer Manor, prompting an outbreak declaration for the long-term care home, one of two in the area, as an outbreak was also declared recently for Extendicare Falconbridge.
Two of the younger cases are noted to have contact with a travel-related case - multiple have been reported in Greater Sudbury youth recently - while another had contact with a case of unknown exposure - it's unclear how the others were exposed.
This leaves the health unit with 21 active cases - all in Greater Sudbury - which has prompted the declaration of an outbreak at the long-term care facility.
Medical Officer of Health Dr. Penny Sutcliffe notes the health unit's reported 22 new cases in just the last week and a half - after nearly a month of no reported cases - but she says it's "even more worrisome" that more than a third of the new cases have no known exposure, meaning community spread of the virus.
Sutcliffe notes community spread's a key measure in assessing reopening, adding she is "very concerned" about it, as "no one wants to go backwards".
The neighbouring Thunder Bay District Health Unit still has two active cases in the Thunder Bay area, while the Porcupine Health Unit has a single active case in isolation at Timmins and District Hospital.
Algoma Public Health has no active cases, though it is waiting on the results from over 500 tests.