There is another big jump in new cases across Halton and in Milton.
Halton’s new cases came in at 70 for Tuesday. That brings the total case count to 9850 cases. With 9347 resolved cases and 198 deaths, Halton is now at 305 active cases – 31 more than Monday’s count. The Region says that of the 9850 total cases, 9541 were confirmed positive while 309 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, there are 21 new cases. The total is now 3116 cases. With 2979 resolved cases and 36 deaths, Milton is now at 101 active cases – 14 more than the amount published yesterday. The Region says that of the 3116 total cases, 3016 were confirmed positive while 100 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is also detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 152 total variant cases have been found in Halton: 131 were screen positive and 21 were confirmed variants of concern. Milton has reportedly had 41 total variant cases: 30 were screened positive while 11 were confirmed variants of concern.
The outbreak at Maplehurst is reportedly still open. On Monday, January 18th, the Halton Region reported an outbreak at what is classified as ‘Congregate Living – 37’. It’s believed that this is the 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. 191 have been residents, 13 have been staff members, and 97 are categorized as ‘non-Halton’ cases. A death that was previously attributed to the outbreak has been removed from the stats.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1185 new cases province-wide. There have been 311,112 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 311,112 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,185 | 0.4% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 292,806 | 94.1 |
| Change from previous report | 972 | 0.3% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 14,980 | 4.8 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 6,699 | 2.2 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 7,083 | 2.3 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 3,876 | 54.7 |
| 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 | 908 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant) footnote 8 | 39 |
| Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant) footnote 8 | 17 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 153,187 |
| Female | 156,246 |
| 19 and under | 42,190 |
| 20-39 | 114,076 |
| 40-59 | 89,706 |
| 60-79 | 44,600 |
| 80 and over | 20,469 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 11,469,681 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 33,264 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 29,845 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 689 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 | 290 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 184 |
