COVID-19: More than 270,000 vaccine doses administered across Halton

The latest COVID-19 update from the Halton Region is in.

Across Halton, there are 69 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 17,001. With 16,244 resolved cases and 220 deaths, Halton is now at 553 active cases – 16 less than Tuesday’s count. The Region says that of the 17,001 total cases, 16,427 were confirmed positive while 574 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 18 new cases. That brings us to 5526 total cases. With 5315 resolved cases and 45 deaths, Milton is at 166 active cases – 7 less than Tuesday’s number. The Region says that of the 5526 total cases, 5314 were confirmed positive while 212 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 5273 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 1846 total variant cases.

The Halton Region is also noting vaccination numbers. A total of 270,312 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 237,551 of the doses were to Halton residents.

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

11,701 doses have been administered to people aged 16-24;
10,337 doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
12,067 doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
14,314 doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
21,553 doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
23,279 doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
25,711 doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
28,205 doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
27,309 doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
24,617 doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
22,692 doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
17,614 doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
29,284 doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
1629 doses have been administered to people that are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

37,651 doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
20,125 doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
212,536 doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including roughly 1588 new cases province-wide. There have been 514,690 total cases in Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 18, 2021
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	514,690	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	1,588	0.3% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	482,749	93.8
Change from previous report	3,119	0.7% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	15,238	3.0
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	7,049	1.4
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	8,525	1.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	3,943	46.3
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 18, 2021
Variant	Cases
Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	112,759
Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	683
Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	2,059

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 18, 2021
Case characteristics	Number
Male	256,048
Female	254,555
19 and under	80,965
20-39	191,983
40-59	148,001
60-79	69,240
80 and over	24,401

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 18, 2021
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 9[9]}	14,856,381
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 10[10]}	38,422
Currently under investigation^{footnote 11[11]}	26,091

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 18, 2021
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 12[12]}	1,401
Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 14[14]}	735
Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	660
Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	75
Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 15[15]}	539
Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19^{footnote 13[13]}	483
Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	56

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