There is a big jump in COVID-19 cases in Halton, and especially Milton.
Across Halton, there are 69 new cases. That brings the total number to 2998 cases. There have been 2404 resolved cases and 45 deaths. That is one more death that what was reported on Friday. It’s believed to have been a Halton Hills resident, giving the town 14 deaths total. There are currently 549 active cases in Halton.
In Milton, there is a major jump in cases. We have 36 new cases being reported today. That brings the total 779 cases. With 594 resolved cases and four deaths, we are up to 181 active cases.
Oakville leads the way in Halton with 250 active cases. Milton is close behind. Burlington has 88 active cases, and Halton Hills has 30.
Burlington has the most deaths in Halton with 16. Halton Hills is next with its 14 deaths. Oakville has 11. Milton has the least, despite its current high active case count.
Halton entered the Red Zone this morning. You can read about what that means here. Regional Councillor for Ward 3, Colin Best, also covered the issue with myFM News on the latest edition of This Week in Milton. Hear the full episode here.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including (roughly) 1487 new cases.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 95,496 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,487Due to a technical error approximately 40 case records from Toronto Public Health for November 14 remain unreported today, resulting in an underestimation of the daily counts. | 1.6% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 79,295 | 83.0 |
| Change from previous report | 992 | 1.3% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 7,747 | 8.1 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 3,097 | 3.2 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 3,371 | 3.5 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 2,145 | 63.6 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for health care workers footnote 5 footnote 6 footnote 2 in long-term care homes | 8 | 0.2 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 46,184 |
| Female | 48,821 |
| 19 and under | 10,871 |
| 20-39 | 34,589 |
| 40-59 | 27,215 |
| 60-79 | 14,039 |
| 80 and over | 8,771 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 8 | 5,677,273 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 9 | 33,351 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 10 | 16,254 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 11 | 500As we often observe on weekends, a number of hospitals (approximately 41) did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census for November 14. We anticipate the number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases. |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 | 125 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 70 |
