COVID-19: Oakville continues to get hit hard with virus

The Region of Halton is reporting another double-digit increase in COVID-19 cases.

Across Halton, we have 1266 total cases. That is 25-case increase from the previous report. There have been 1063 recoveries and 25 deaths. That puts the Region at 178 active cases.

In Milton, there have been 324 total cases. That is an increase of two cases. We have also had 293 recoveries and four deaths. That puts Milton at 27 active cases.

Oakville was hit the hardest in the latest stat report, with 12 new cases. Burlington had six, while Halton Hills had five.

Below are the latest statistics for Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to September 28, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	51,085	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	554	1.1% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	43,450	85.1
Change from previous report	323	0.7% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	6,062	11.9
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	2,708	5.3
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,844	5.6
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,833	64.5
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 September 28, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	24,275
Female	26,440
19 and under	4,165
20-39	17,582
40-59	14,632
60-79	8,410
80 and over	6,288

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to September 28, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	3,887,712
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	38,375
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	54,759

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to September 28, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	137
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	30
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	16

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