The Halton Region’s latest numbers show a death was reported sometime over the weekend.
The death brings the Region to 196 deaths total. It’s believed to have to been a Halton Hills resident, giving the town 52 deaths total. Burlington has 49 deaths, Oakville has 59, and Milton has 36 deaths.
Across Halton, there are 35 new cases. That brings the Region to 9510 cases total. With 9063 resolved cases and 196 deaths, Halton now has 251 active cases – 27 more than Friday’s count. The Region says that of the 9510 total cases, 9216 were confirmed positive while 294 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have nine new cases. The total is now up to 3003 cases. With 2907 resolved cases and 36 deaths, Milton is now at 60 active cases – four less than Friday’s count. The Region says that of the 3003 total cases, 2906 were confirmed positive while 97 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is also detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 75 total variant cases have been found in Halton: 62 were screen positive and 13 were confirmed variants of concern. Milton has reportedly had 16 total variant cases: nine were screened positive while seven were confirmed variants of concern.
Looking at Milton’s major ongoing outbreaks:
- Since Sunday, January 10th, there have been 34 reported cases at Allendale. 19 are residents, three are staff members, four are unspecified, and the other eight are categorized as ‘non-Halton’ cases. There have been seven deaths at the LTCH: six were residents, while the other one is still not specified.
- 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 301 total cases reported during this outbreak. 190 have been residents, 13 have been staff members, and 98 are categorized as ‘non-Halton’ cases. There has now been one death at the Correctional Facility. It’s been determined to be a ‘non-Halton’ case.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1,023 new cases province-wide. There have been 301,839 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 301,839 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,023 | 0.3% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 284,283 | 94.2 |
| Change from previous report | 939 | 0.3% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 14,958 | 5.0 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 6,622 | 2.2 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 6,986 | 2.3 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 3,865 | 55.3 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for health care workers footnote 5 footnote 6 footnote 2 in long-term care homes | 10 | 0.1 |
| Variant | Cases |
|---|---|
| Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant) footnote 8 | 535 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant) footnote 8 | 27 |
| Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant) footnote 8 | 3 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 148,468 |
| Female | 151,820 |
| 19 and under | 40,421 |
| 20-39 | 110,555 |
| 40-59 | 87,178 |
| 60-79 | 43,397 |
| 80 and over | 20,222 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 11,080,168 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 35,015 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 13,416 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 659As we often observe on weekends, more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census. We anticipate the number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases. |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 | 280 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 175 |
