COVID-19: Halton has two new cases, rise in active cases

The Halton Region has updated their statistics for COVID-19 cases.

There was no change in Milton. Currently, we sit at 240 total confirmed positive cases and seven known active cases. Milton also remains at four reported deaths caused by COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

Across Halton, there were two new confirmed cases reported in the region. That brings the total confirmed positive case number to 861. There was a one case increase for active cases, with the total now being 29. There have been 25 reported deaths in Halton since the pandemic began.

Below are the latest numbers for Ontario provided by the provincial government.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 19, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	41,048	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	76	0.2% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	37,291	90.8
Change from previous report	76	0.2% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	5,919	14.4
Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}associated with long-term care outbreaks	2,628	6.4
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,793	6.8
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,803	64.6
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	8	0.3

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 19, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	19,204
Female	21,552
19 and under	2,575
20-39	12,750
40-59	12,269
60-79	7,381
80 and over	6,069

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 19, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	2,682,845
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	25,917
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	22,104

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 19, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	35
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	15
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	8

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