Two Milton residents have died from COVID-19.
The Region is reporting four new deaths total across Halton today, bringing the total to 58. The other deaths appear to have been Burlington (17) and Oakville (21) residents.
One of the Milton deaths is reportedly a resident at Allendale. According to the data from the Region of Halton, the other resident is not connected to the long term care home’s outbreak. The outbreak has been ongoing since November 13th. So far, 24 cases have been reported. That includes 16 residents, three staff members, and five people with unspecified roles.
There are 35 new cases being reported in Halton today, bringing the total number of cases to 3368. There have been 2789 resolved cases. Accounting for the 58 deaths, Halton has 521 active cases.
In Milton, there are 19 new cases. That brings our total to 922. There have been 714 resolved cases and six deaths. That means Milton is at 202 active cases.
Milton maintains its position as the Halton municipality with the highest active case count. Oakville has 165; Burlington has 112; Halton Hills has 42.
Premier Doug Ford laid the guidelines today for the holiday season. Read that announcement here.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1373 new cases.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 107,883 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,373 | 1.3% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 91,550 | 84.9 |
| Change from previous report | 1,476 | 1.6% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 8,177 | 7.6 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 3,234 | 3.0 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 3,554 | 3.3 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 2,256 | 63.5 |
| 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 | 52,315 |
| Female | 54,962 |
| 19 and under | 12,712 |
| 20-39 | 39,247 |
| 40-59 | 30,755 |
| 60-79 | 15,760 |
| 80 and over | 9,399 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 8 | 6,020,852 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 9 | 36,076 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 10 | 44,950 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 11 | 523 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 | 159 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 12 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 106 |
