COVID-19: Halton Region reports no new cases for Milton

Another day, another drop in active cases around the region.

Across Halton, there are nine new cases. The total number of cases is up to 19,765. With 19,451 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is at 72 active cases, five less than Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,765 total cases, 19,072 were confirmed positive while 693 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have zero new cases. That keeps us at 6317 total cases. With 6255 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 16 active cases, eight cases less than Monday’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 six (+1) total cases being reported – one is a Halton case, five (+1) are considered non-Halton cases. It was first declared on Thursday, October 14th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 884,555 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 793,691 of the doses were to Halton residents.

448,991 second doses have been administered in Halton. 401,291 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 38,756 first doses and 45,881 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 38,870 first doses and 42,237 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,550 first doses and 26,498 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 29,937 first doses and 30,349 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,350 first doses and 35,185 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,618 first doses and 38,025 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 37,986 first doses and 39,578 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 36,967 first doses and 37,920 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,440 first doses and 35,270 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,891 first doses and 28,608 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,367 first doses and 24,418 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,883 first doses and 22,305 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,288 first doses and 17,061 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,697 first doses and 24,416 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 1,964 first doses and 1240 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 77,619 first doses and 102,207 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,861 first doses and 10,029 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 344,084 first doses and 336,755 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

The Halton Region says that out of the 460,862 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 96,239 fully immunized residents – 0.12% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 328 new cases province-wide. There have been 595,563 total cases in Ontario.