The Halton Region is nearly at 10,000 total cases of COVID-19.
Friday’s numbers show that there are 45 new cases. The total number is 9959 cases. With 9466 resolved cases and 198 deaths, Halton is now at 295 active cases – the same as yesterday’s numbers. The Region says that of the 9959 total cases, 9643 were confirmed positive while 316 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have eight new cases. That brings us to 3147 total cases. With 3007 resolved cases and 36 deaths, Milton is now at 104 active cases – the same as yesterday’s numbers. The Region says that of the 3147 total cases, 3043 were confirmed positive while 104 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is also detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 189 total variant cases have been found in Halton: 168 were screen positive and 21 were confirmed variants of concern. Milton has reportedly had 57 total variant cases: 46 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 302 total cases reported during this outbreak. 191 have been residents, 13 have been staff members, and 98 are categorized as ‘non-Halton’ cases. A death that was previously attributed to the outbreak was recently removed from the stats.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1371 new cases province-wide. There have been 314,891 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 314,891 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,371 | 0.4% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 296,252 | 94.1 |
| Change from previous report | 1,124 | 0.4% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 14,976 | 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 | 6,712 | 2.1 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 7,127 | 2.3 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 3,877 | 54.4 |
| 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 | 1,005 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant) footnote 8 | 42 |
| Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant) footnote 8 | 34 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 155,107 |
| Female | 158,083 |
| 19 and under | 42,926 |
| 20-39 | 115,483 |
| 40-59 | 90,750 |
| 60-79 | 45,093 |
| 80 and over | 20,567 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 11,649,060 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 64,611 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 36,744 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 676 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 | 282 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 189 |
