COVID-19: Another Milton school outbreak has been closed

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

Across Halton, there are 25 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 20,179. With 19,839 resolved cases and 243 deaths, Halton is at 97 active cases, 12 more than Wednesday. The Region says that of the 20,179 total cases, 19,464 were confirmed positive while 715 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have two new cases. That brings us to 6430 total cases. With 6360 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 24 active cases, one less than Wednesday’s update. The Region says that of the 6430 total cases, 6179 were confirmed positive while 251 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 7682 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2512 total variant cases.

An outbreak at a Milton school has closed. It was at Holy Rosary (Milton) Catholic Elementary School. It was first reported by the Halton Region on Wednesday, October 27th. There were three cases being reported. All were considered Halton cases, meaning they were Halton residents. It was closed on Wednesday, November 17th.

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 18 cases being reported – six are non-Halton cases and 12 are residents.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 898,917 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 804,757 of the doses were to Halton residents.

458,917 second doses have been administered in Halton. 408,574 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,672 first doses and 47,572 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,348 first doses and 43,333 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,049 first doses and 27,480 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,429 first doses and 31,397 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,838 first doses and 36,127 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,062 first doses and 38,839 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,351 first doses and 40,257 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,336 first doses and 38,537 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,725 first doses and 35,748 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,176 first doses and 28,905 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,520 first doses and 24,583 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,007 first doses and 22,428 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,355 first doses and 17,148 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,807 first doses and 24,497 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 2023 first doses and 1368 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 81,001 first doses and 108,426 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,941 first doses and 10,133 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 345,756 first doses and 339,660 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 711 new cases province-wide. There have been 609,429 total cases in Ontario.