Coming out of the weekend, we have a drop in active cases around the region.
Across Halton, there are 39 new cases since Friday. The total number of cases is up to 19,756. With 19,437 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is at 77 active cases, ten less than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,756 total cases, 19,066 were confirmed positive while 690 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have eight new cases. That keeps us at 6317 total cases. With 6247 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 24 active cases, 12 cases less than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 6317 total cases, 6076 were confirmed positive while 241 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6607 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2243 total variant cases.
The Halton Region has reported an outbreak at a Milton school. The outbreak was first declared on Tuesday, October 12th. There are two cases being reported, both being considered ‘Halton’ cases, meaning the residents are from Halton. The outbreak is at Anne J. Macarthur Public School.
An outbreak is being reported at a second Milton school. This outbreak is at St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School. There are two cases being reported, the minimum for what is considered an outbreak. The outbreak was first declared on Wednesday, October 13th.
There’s an outbreak being reported at a Milton workplace. It’s listed on the Halton Region webpage as ‘Workplace – 162’. There are five (+2) total cases being reported – one is a Halton case, four (+2) are considered non-Halton cases. It was first declared on Thursday, October 14th.
Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 884,007 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 793,260 of the doses were to Halton residents.
448,611 second doses have been administered in Halton. 400,990 of those have been Halton residents.
Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:
- 38,738 first doses and 45,829 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
- 38,838 first doses and 42,186 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
- 25,536 first doses and 26,457 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
- 29,919 first doses and 30,310 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
- 34,329 first doses and 35,142 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
- 36,608 first doses and 37,989 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
- 37,972 first doses and 39,530 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
- 36,957 first doses and 37,907 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
- 35,424 first doses and 35,242 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
- 28,884 first doses and 28,600 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
- 25,363 first doses and 24,411 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
- 22,881 first doses and 22,301 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
- 17,288 first doses and 17,058 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
- 24,696 first doses and 24,413 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
- 1,963 first doses and 1236 second doses are pending.
The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:
- 77,470 first doses and 101,889 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
- 13,860 first doses and 10,024 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 344,066 first doses and 336,698 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.
The Halton Region says that out of the 460,431 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 96,166 fully immunized residents – 0.12% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 373 new cases province-wide. There have been 595,235 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 595,235 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 373 | 0.1% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 581,574 | 97.7 |
| Change from previous report | 423 | 0.1% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,634 | 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 | 7,373 | 1.2 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 9,815 | 1.6 |
| New deaths reported | 2 | <0.1% increase |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 4,020 | 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 | 146,495 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (Beta) footnote 8 | 1,503 |
| Lineage P.1 (Gamma) footnote 8 | 5,230 |
| Lineage B.1.617.2 (Delta) footnote 8 | 19,880 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 297,531 |
| Female | 295,555 |
| 0-4 | 16,906 |
| 5-11 | 31,063 |
| 12-19 | 53,159 |
| 20-39 | 224,179 |
| 40-59 | 166,767 |
| 60-79 | 77,037 |
| 80 and over | 26,016 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 18,611,507 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 20,432 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 7,862 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 145As 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 | 168 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 138 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 30 |
| Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 15 | 97 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19 footnote 13 | 80 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 17 |
