Doug Ford Stays The Course & Extends Sudbury Lockdown For Another Week

Doug Ford is certainly taking a cautious approach when it comes to opening up Greater Sudbury. The Premier of Ontario announced today that the extended lockdown and stay-at-home order will continue until February 16th, 2021. 

This extension is certainly a cautious approach as Greater Sudbury has confirmed cases of the UK variant and an outbreak at Health Science North. However, in a message to Ontario, Doug Ford thanked everyone that has followed the public health measures.  

Thank you to everyone who has stayed home over the last few weeks. It’s clear the restrictions have had an impact in helping stop the spread of COVID-19, but our work is not done yet.

We are taking a cautious approach and urge everyone to keep following public health guidelines. pic.twitter.com/TAPwSn9FIv

— Doug Ford (@fordnation) February 8, 2021

This message was also echoed by Greater Sudbury Mayor, Brian Bigger. In a tweet to constituents the mayor appeared to reiterate what the 26th Premier of Ontario had to say. The tweet began with the message that we decide our own path forward. 

Our choices will decide our path forward – so let us all stay positive, stay strong and think twice before risking the health of a loved one, senior or another member of our great community.

My full #COVID19 @GreaterSudbury Update for Feb 8th: https://t.co/iIQkVq5gPy

— Brian Bigger (@BiggerSudbury) February 8, 2021

In some brighter news, the Public Health Sudbury & Districts informed the public today that we have seen another 11 resolved cases. Unfortunately though Greater Sudbury did see an additional 5 new cases. This brings our total active cases down to 41. 

Health Sciences North is also seeing 9 hospitalized confirmed cases of the coronavirus and out of these cases 3 are listed as in the ICU. This number is up from February 6th, 2021 where the hospital had 5 active cases with 2 of them in the ICU.