COVID-19: Milton has majority of Halton’s new cases today

The numbers are in for Thursday, May 21st, and Milton is carrying the bulk of new confirmed positive cases in Halton.

After a day of no new cases, Milton has a reported six new cases, bringing the total to 145.

Milton also has 130 recoveries, with four deaths.

There were eight total new cases in Halton. The region is now at 595.

Halton has seen 500 recoveries and 25 deaths.

Across Ontario, 577,682 people have been tested. 24,187 people have been confirmed positive, while 5,051 tests are under investigation. 18,509 people have recovered across Ontario.

The numbers below are courtesy of the province.

Number of cases¹	24,187	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	413	1.7% increase
Resolved²	18,509	76.5
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^3,4,5	4,656	19.3
Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker^4,5,6 associated with long-term care outbreaks	1,601	6.6
Total number of deaths⁷	1,993	8.2
Deaths⁷ reported for residents in long-term care homes^4,5,6	1,242	62.3
Deaths⁷ reported for health care workers^5,6,2 in long-term care homes	4	0.2
Demographics
Male	10,279	42.5
Female	13,735	56.8
19 and under	713	2.9
20-39	5,951	24.6
40-59	7,355	30.4
60-79	5,075	21.0
80 and over	5,080	21.0
Testing
Total tests completed⁸	577,682	N/A
Total tests completed in the previous day⁹	10,506	N/A
Currently under investigation¹⁰	5,051	N/A
Hospitalizations
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19¹¹	984	N/A
Number of patients currently in ICU¹² with COVID-19	155	N/A
Number of patients currently in ICU¹² on a ventilator with COVID-19	117	N/A

Long-Term Care ^{13, 14, 15, 16}
	Ministry of Long-Term Care Daily Report	Public Health Ontario Daily Epidemiologic Summary (iPHIS)
Outbreaks in LTC Homes	175	216
Confirmed Cases for LTC Residents	2458	4656
Confirmed Cases for LTC Staff	1564	1601
Total confirmed LTC resident deaths	1452	1242
Total confirmed LTC staff deaths	6	<5

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