Coming out of the weekend, there are a bunch of new cases.
Across Halton, there are 50 new cases since Friday. The total number of cases is up to 19,557. With 19,213 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is now at 102 active cases, 14 less cases than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,557 total cases, 18,880 were confirmed positive while 677 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have 16 new cases. That keeps us at 6255 total cases. With 6181 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 28 active cases, one more case than Friday’s updates. The Region says that of the 6255 total cases, 6017 were confirmed positive while 238 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6559 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2231 total variant cases.
An outbreak that was declared in Milton has closed. The outbreak at Hawthorne Village Public School had three cases, all three were Halton cases. The outbreak was declared on Thursday, September 16th and closed on Friday, October 1st.
An outbreak has been declared in Milton. It was first declared on Wednesday, September 8th. It is labelled as ‘Workplace – 158’. There are now 18 reported cases. Two are considered Halton cases. 16 are ‘non-Halton’ cases.
Another Milton school is now dealing with an outbreak. Irma Coulson Public School has seven reported cases, each are Halton Cases. The outbreak was declared on Friday, September 24th.
A third Milton school outbreak has just been declared. This outbreak is at Escarpment View Public School. There are four cases being reported, both are Halton cases. It was first declared on Tuesday, September 28th.
Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 874,133 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 785,438 of the doses were to Halton residents.
441,973 second doses have been administered in Halton. 395,655 of those have been Halton residents.
Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:
- 38,205 first doses and 44,579 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
- 38,468 first doses and 41,312 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
- 25,219 first doses and 25,727 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
- 29,564 first doses and 29,635 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
- 33,975 first doses and 34,442 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
- 36,331 first doses and 37,423 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
- 37,740 first doses and 39,023 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
- 36,719 first doses and 37,467 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
- 35,253 first doses and 34,941 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
- 28,748 first doses and 28,427 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
- 25,273 first doses and 24,317 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
- 22,841 first doses and 22,240 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
- 17,250 first doses and 17,022 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
- 24,673 first doses and 24,378 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
- 1,901 first doses and 1040 second doses are pending.
The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:
- 75,183 first doses and 97,528 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
- 13,826 first doses and 9995 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 343,151 first doses and 334,450 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.
The Halton Region says that out of the 453,689 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.11% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 94,369 fully immunized residents – 0.11% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 511 new cases province-wide. There have been 588,612 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 588,612 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 511 | 0.1% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 573,854 | 97.5 |
| Change from previous report | 488 | 0.1% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,611 | 2.7 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 7,359 | 1.3 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 9,754 | 1.7 |
| New deaths reported | 2 | <0.1% increase |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 4,014 | 41.2 |
| 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 (Alpha) footnote 8 | 146,477 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (Beta) footnote 8 | 1,503 |
| Lineage P.1 (Gamma) footnote 8 | 5,229 |
| Lineage B.1.617.2 (Delta) footnote 8 | 18,864 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 293,123 |
| Female | 291,289 |
| 0-4 | 16,589 |
| 5-11 | 30,087 |
| 12-19 | 52,541 |
| 20-39 | 222,070 |
| 40-59 | 165,152 |
| 60-79 | 76,189 |
| 80 and over | 25,876 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 18,197,490 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 23,667 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 9,314 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 146 As we often observe on weekends, more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census. We anticipate the number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases. |
| Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 14 | 159 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 133 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 26 |
| Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 15 | 104 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19 footnote 13 | 85 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 19 |
