COVID-19: Outbreak declared at a Milton workplace

The latest COVID-19 stats for Milton and Halton have been released.

Across Halton, there are 19 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 20,068. With 19,728 resolved cases and 243 deaths, Halton is at 97 active cases, one less than Wednesday. The Region says that of the 20,068 total cases, 19,361 were confirmed positive while 707 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have four new cases. That brings us to 6400 total cases. With 6320 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 34 active cases, four cases less than Wednesday’s update. The Region says that of the 6400 total cases, 6153 were confirmed positive while 247 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 7655 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2504 total variant cases.

An outbreak has been reported at a Milton school. It’s at Holy Rosary (Milton) Catholic Elementary School. It was first reported by the Halton Region on Wednesday, October 27th. There are two cases being reported (the minimum for an outbreak). Both are considered Halton cases, meaning they are Halton residents.

An outbreak has been declared at a Milton school. It’s at Tiger Jeet Singh Public School. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th. There are three reported cases. All are considered Halton cases.

An outbreak has been declared at a congregate living facility. It is labelled only as ‘Congregate Living – 80’ on the Halton Region outbreak webpage. There are 15 cases being reported – five are non-Halton cases and ten remain unspecified.

A new outbreak has been declared at a workplace in Milton. It’s listed only as ‘workplace – 164’. There are three reported cases. All three are considered Halton cases. It was first declared on Wednesday, November 10th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 895,944 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 802,512 of the doses were to Halton residents.

456,387 second doses have been administered in Halton. 407,113 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,496 first doses and 47,192 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,257 first doses and 43,119 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,956 first doses and 27,306 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,317 first doses and 31,179 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,741 first doses and 35,954 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,977 first doses and 38,691 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,274 first doses and 40,129 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,260 first doses and 38,407 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,656 first doses and 35,646 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,047 first doses and 28,837 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,480 first doses and 24,554 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,990 first doses and 22,402 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,336 first doses and 17,140 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,758 first doses and 24,483 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 2012 first doses and 1348 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 80,344 first doses and 107,194 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,915 first doses and 10,126 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 345,238 first doses and 339,067 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 642 new cases province-wide. There have been 605,248 total cases in Ontario.