COVID-19: 25 new cases in Halton, four in Milton

Halton is inching closer to 2000 total COVID-19 cases.

The latest statistics are now available.

Across Halton, there were 25 new cases reported. That brings the total to 1897. There have been 1640 recoveries and 30 deaths. That puts the Region at 227 active cases, six less than yesterday.

In Milton, we had four new cases. The total cases are now at 444. We have had 397 recoveries and four deaths. That means Milton is at 43 active cases, eight less than yesterday’s report.

Here is a snapshot of the recent growth in Halton during the pandemic’s second wave, courtesy of the Halton Region:

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Below are the numbers for Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to October 20, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	66,686	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	790	1.2% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	57,325	86.0
Change from previous report	719	1.3% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	6,462	9.7
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	2,781	4.2
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	3,062	4.6
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,981	64.7
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 October 20, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	31,997
Female	34,270
19 and under	6,504
20-39	24,038
40-59	19,018
60-79	10,171
80 and over	6,942

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to October 20, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	4,746,972
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	32,646
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	29,332

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to October 20, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	260
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	71
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	49

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