COVID-19: Halton resident reported as dead by Region

The Halton Region is reporting the death of a resident.

The resident is believed to be from Burlington, giving the city 55 deaths. Oakville remains at 64 deaths, Halton Hills is at 57 deaths and Milton is at 45 deaths. Halton has 221 reported deaths total.

Across Halton, there are 64 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 17,065. With 16,321 resolved cases and 221 deaths, Halton is now at 523 active cases – 30 less than Wednesday’s count. The Region says that of the 17,065 total cases, 16,490 were confirmed positive while 575 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 16 new cases. That brings us to 5542 total cases. With 5335 resolved cases and 45 deaths, Milton is at 162 active cases – four less than Wednesday’s number. The Region says that of the 5542 total cases, 5331 were confirmed positive while 211 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 5330 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 1863 total variant cases.

The Halton Region is also noting vaccination numbers. A total of 275,158 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 242,120 of the doses were to Halton residents.

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

12,459 doses have been administered to people aged 16-24;
10,704 doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
12,529 doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
14,848 doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
22,239 doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
24,026 doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
26,275 doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
28,557 doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
27,370 doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
24,663 doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
22,717 doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
17,630 doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
29,301 doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
1840 doses have been administered to people that are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

38,083 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;
216,950 doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including roughly 2400 new cases province-wide. There have been 517,090 total cases in Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 19, 2021
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	517,090	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	2,400	0.5% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	485,512	93.9
Change from previous report	2,763	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]}	15,241	2.9
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	7,054	1.4
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	8,552	1.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	3,944	46.1
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 19, 2021
Variant	Cases
Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	114,569
Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	684
Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	2,089

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 19, 2021
Case characteristics	Number
Male	257,213
Female	255,740
19 and under	81,459
20-39	192,964
40-59	148,629
60-79	69,481
80 and over	24,458

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 19, 2021
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 9[9]}	14,901,787
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 10[10]}	45,406
Currently under investigation^{footnote 11[11]}	20,642

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 19, 2021
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 12[12]}	1,320
Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 14[14]}	721
Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	642
Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	79
Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 15[15]}	493
Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19^{footnote 13[13]}	441
Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	52

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