The latest COVID-19 stats are finally here for Milton and Halton.
Across Halton, there are 49 new cases coming out of the long weekend. The total number of cases is up to 19,683. With 19,347 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is now at 94 active cases, 13 less cases than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,683 total cases, 18,995 were confirmed positive while 688 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have 16 new cases. That keeps us at 6293 total cases. With 6220 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 27 active cases, two more than Thursday’s update. The Region says that of the 6293 total cases, 6052 were confirmed positive while 241 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6584 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2236 total variant cases.
The outbreak at a Milton school has been closed. Irma Coulson Public School had seven reported cases, each were Halton Cases. The outbreak was declared on Friday, September 24th. It was closed on Friday, October 8th.
Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 879,425 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 789,625 of the doses were to Halton residents.
445,476 second doses have been administered in Halton. 398,454 of those have been Halton residents.
Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:
- 38,511 first doses and 45,219 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
- 38,664 first doses and 41,785 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
- 25,389 first doses and 26,121 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
- 29,762 first doses and 29,994 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
- 34,166 first doses and 34,813 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
- 36,484 first doses and 37,721 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
- 37,866 first doses and 39,272 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
- 36,855 first doses and 37,721 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
- 35,344 first doses and 35,084 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
- 28,822 first doses and 28,516 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
- 25,323 first doses and 24,363 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
- 22,868 first doses and 22,271 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
- 17,270 first doses and 17,034 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
- 24,686 first doses and 24,395 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
- 1,939 first doses and 1167 second doses are pending.
The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:
- 76,494 first doses and 99,878 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
- 13,825 first doses and 9999 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 343,630 first doses and 335,599 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.
The Halton Region says that out of the 457,278 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.12% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 95,281 fully immunized residents – 0.12% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 390 new cases province-wide. There have been 592,714 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 592,714 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 390 | 0.1% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 578,553 | 97.6 |
| Change from previous report | 512 | 0.1% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,620 | 2.6 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 7,368 | 1.2 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 9,792 | 1.7 |
| New deaths reported | 0 | 0.0% increase |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 4,018 | 41.0 |
| 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 (Alpha) footnote 8 | 146,487 |
| 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 | 19,418 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 295,114 |
| Female | 293,369 |
| 0-4 | 16,791 |
| 5-11 | 30,695 |
| 12-19 | 52,934 |
| 20-39 | 223,374 |
| 40-59 | 166,147 |
| 60-79 | 76,715 |
| 80 and over | 25,951 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 18,436,509 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 18,280 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 9,163 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 155As we often observe on holidays, 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 | 149 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 121 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 28 |
| 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 | 84 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 20 |
