COVID-19: Milton resident dies, 30 new cases across Halton

The Halton Region is reporting that a Milton resident has died from COVID-19.

The death gives Milton 36 deaths from the virus, and Halton 191 deaths total. Oakville has 58 deaths, Burlington has 49 deaths, and Halton Hills has 48 deaths.

The latest Milton death is connected to the Allendale outbreak. There have been seven deaths at the LTCH: six were residents, while the other one is still not specified. Since Sunday, January 10th, there have been 33 reported cases at Allendale. 19 are residents, three are staff members, three are unspecified, and the other eight are categorized as ‘non-Halton’ cases.

Looking at the other major ongoing outbreak in Milton:

On Monday, January 18th, the Halton Region reported an outbreak at what is classified as ‘Congregate Living – 37’. It’s believed that this is Maplehurst Correctional Facility, which was reportedly experiencing an outbreak at the same time of the same magnitude. As of the time of writing, there have been 293 total cases reported during this outbreak. 188 have been residents, 12 have been staff members, and 93 are categorized as ‘non-Halton’ cases.

Across Halton, there are 30 new cases. That brings the total to 9284 cases. With 8878 resolved cases and 191 deaths, Halton is now at 215 active cases – one more than yesterday.

In Milton, we have seven new cases. Our total is now 2945 cases. With 2838 resolved cases and 36 deaths, Milton now has 71 active cases – one more than yesterday.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 975 new cases province-wide. There have been 295,119 total cases in Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to February 22, 2021
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	295,119	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	975	0.3% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	277,939	94.2
Change from previous report	1,002	0.4% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	14,937	5.1
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	6,584	2.2
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	6,884	2.3
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	3,858	56.0
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	10	0.1

Summary of confirmed variant of concern (VOC) cases: Ontario, up to February 22, 2021
Variant	Cases
Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	390
Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	9
Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	1

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to February 22, 2021
Case characteristics	Number
Male	144,955
Female	148,595
19 and under	39,070
20-39	108,023
40-59	85,329
60-79	42,576
80 and over	20,059

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to February 22, 2021
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 9[9]}	10,751,300
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 10[10]}	25,979
Currently under investigation^{footnote 11[11]}	28,802

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to February 22, 2021
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 12[12]}	718
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 13[13]}	283
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 13[13]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	186

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