COVID-19: 14 new cases across Halton, three in Milton

Heading into the weekend, we have almost a copy of Thursday.

Across Halton, there are 14 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 19,806. With 19,481 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is at 83 active cases, one more than Thursday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,806 total cases, 19,113 were confirmed positive while 693 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have three new cases. That keeps us at 6329 total cases. With 6265 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 18 active cases, two cases less than Thursday’s update. The Region says that of the 6329 total cases, 6088 were confirmed positive while 241 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6614 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2245 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 total cases being reported – one is a Halton case, seven are considered non-Halton cases. It was first declared on Thursday, October 14th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 886,667 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 795,379 of the doses were to Halton residents.

450,382 second doses have been administered in Halton. 402,411 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 38,908 first doses and 46,115 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 38,946 first doses and 42,424 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,618 first doses and 26,649 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,009 first doses and 30,504 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,424 first doses and 35,339 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,702 first doses and 38,152 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,019 first doses and 39,676 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,019 first doses and 38,012 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,472 first doses and 35,346 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,924 first doses and 28,645 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,381 first doses and 24,432 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,897 first doses and 22,318 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,294 first doses and 17,079 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,700 first doses and 24,434 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 1,972 first doses and 1257 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 78,076 first doses and 103,025 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,886 first doses and 10,092 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 344,323 first doses and 337,265 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

The Halton Region says that out of the 462,319 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.13% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 96,643 fully immunized residents – 0.13% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 492 new cases province-wide. There have been 596,772 total cases in Ontario.