COVID-19: Active cases drop in Milton and Halton

The Halton Region has released its latest COVID-19 stats.

Across Halton, there are 96 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 16,368. With 15,391 resolved cases and 218 deaths, Halton is now at 759 active cases – 19 less than Monday’s count. The Region says that of the 16,368 total cases, 15,820 were confirmed positive while 548 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 27 new cases. That brings us to 5332 total cases. With 5069 resolved cases and 45 deaths, Milton is at 231 active cases – 13 less than Monday’s number. The Region says that of the 5332 total cases, 5130 were confirmed positive while 202 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 4676 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 1657 total variant cases.

The Halton Region is also noting vaccination numbers. A total of 236,205 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 206,702 of the doses were to Halton residents.

Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:

7889 doses have been administered to people aged 16-24;
7809 doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
9916 doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
10,853 doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
17,415 doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
18,969 doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
20,321 doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
24,562 doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
26,324 doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
24,051 doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
22,349 doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
17,416 doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
29,065 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:

33,951 doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
20,049 doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
182,205 doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including roughly 2073 new cases province-wide. There have been 497,092 total cases in Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 10, 2021
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	497,092	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	2,073	0.4% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	457,599	92.1
Change from previous report	2,898	0.6% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	15,207	3.1
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	7,024	1.4
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	8,342	1.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	3,934	47.2
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 May 10, 2021
Variant	Cases
Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	95,546
Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	530
Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	1,592

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 10, 2021
Case characteristics	Number
Male	247,129
Female	246,069
19 and under	77,560
20-39	184,645
40-59	143,233
60-79	67,452
80 and over	24,094

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 10, 2021
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 9[9]}	14,557,725
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 10[10]}	28,109
Currently under investigation^{footnote 11[11]}	24,915

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 10, 2021
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 12[12]}	1,782
Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 14[14]}	802
Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	743
Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	59
Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 15[15]}	568
Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19^{footnote 13[13]}	530
Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	38

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