A Halton resident is dead from COVID-19.
The stats from the Region suggest the person was from Oakville as the town is now up to 63 deaths total. Halton Hills remains at 57, Burlington at 53, and Halton Hills at 41. Halton is up to 214 deaths total.
Across Halton, there are 123 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 15,705. With 14,644 resolved cases and 214 deaths, Halton is now at 847 active cases – 10 less than Tuesday’s count. The Region says that of the 15,705 total cases, 15,185 were confirmed positive while 520 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have 36 new cases. That brings us to 5123 total cases. With 4794 resolved cases and 41 deaths, Milton is at 288 active cases – nine less than Tuesday’s number. The Region says that of the 5123 total cases, 4934 were confirmed positive while 189 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 4151 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 1498 total variant cases.
The Halton Region is also noting vaccination numbers. A total of 214,866 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 187,930 of the doses were to Halton residents.
Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:
- 6105 doses have been administered to people aged 16-24;
- 6407 doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
- 7178 doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
- 8627 doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
- 14,682 doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
- 16,037 doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
- 16,473 doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
- 22,045 doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
- 25,480 doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
- 23,630 doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
- 22,087 doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
- 17,257 doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
- 28,842 doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
- 16 doses have been administered to people that are pending.
The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:
- 31,545 doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
- 19,521 doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 163,800 doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.
READ MORE: COVID-19: Region provides vaccination schedule for May
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 2941 new cases province-wide. There have been 479,633 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 479,633 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 2,941 | 0.6% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 436,470 | 91.0 |
| Change from previous report | 4,361 | 1.0% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,179 | 3.2 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 6,984 | 1.5 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 8,187 | 1.7 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 3,929 | 48.0 |
| 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 | 80,511 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant) footnote 8 | 317 |
| Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant) footnote 8 | 1,001 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 238,332 |
| Female | 237,669 |
| 19 and under | 74,316 |
| 20-39 | 177,396 |
| 40-59 | 138,449 |
| 60-79 | 65,594 |
| 80 and over | 23,769 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 14,310,628 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 45,767 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 29,179 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 2,075 |
| Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 14 | 882 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 818 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 64 |
| Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 15 | 620 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19 footnote 13 | 578 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 42 |
