COVID-19: 14 new cases for Halton, six in Milton

We have the latest COVID-19 stats for Milton and Halton.

Across Halton, there are 14 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 19,779. With 19,457 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is at 80 active cases, eight more than Tuesday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,779 total cases, 19,086 were confirmed positive while 693 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have six new cases. That keeps us at 6323 total cases. With 6255 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 22 active cases, six cases more than Tuesday’s update. The Region says that of the 6323 total cases, 6082 were confirmed positive while 241 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6608 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 eight (+2) total cases being reported – one is a Halton case, seven (+2) are considered non-Halton cases. It was first declared on Thursday, October 14th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 885,345 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 794,338 of the doses were to Halton residents.

449,501 second doses have been administered in Halton. 401,705 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 38,812 first doses and 45,976 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 38,910 first doses and 42,306 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,579 first doses and 26,563 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 29,964 first doses and 30,397 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,379 first doses and 35,235 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,654 first doses and 38,078 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,002 first doses and 39,606 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 36,981 first doses and 37,959 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,453 first doses and 35,302 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,905 first doses and 28,617 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,368 first doses and 24,426 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,885 first doses and 22,306 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,288 first doses and 17,066 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,697 first doses and 24,419 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 1,967 first doses and 1245 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 77,796 first doses and 102,521 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,862 first doses and 10,037 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 344,186 first doses and 336,943 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

The Halton Region says that out of the 461,405 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 96,393 fully immunized residents – 0.13% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 304 new cases province-wide. There have been 595,867 total cases in Ontario.