Article content Last week started off on a promising note for COVID-19, with no new cases reported on Monday, the hospital being cleared of outbreak status, and the active caseload dipping to 21. The situation started to go downhill shortly thereafter, however, and by Thursday of this week active cases â many of them connected to more contagious variants â had ballooned to an unprecedented 124. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Health unit reflects on âalarming weekâ in Sudbury Back to video In a weekly report issued Thursday, the health unit summarized trends over the seven days leading up to Wednesday of this week, few of them heartening.