COVID-19: Outbreak reported at Milton school, almost 200 cases reported across Halton

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

Across Halton, there have been 196 new cases since. The total number of cases is up to 21,088. With 20,472 resolved cases and 245 deaths, Halton is at 371 active cases, 74 more than Friday. The Region says that of the 21,088 total cases, 20,357 were confirmed positive while 731 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 51 new cases since Friday. That brings us to 6707 total cases. With 6559 resolved cases and 47 deaths, Milton is at 101 active cases, 13 more than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 6707 total cases, 6449 were confirmed positive while 258 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 8043 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2616 total variant 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 87 cases being reported – 31 are non-Halton cases, 52 are residents, two are staff cases, and two are not specified just yet. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

Another outbreak has been declared at a Milton school. It is at Tarbiyah Elementary School on Ontario Street South. There are currently just two cases, the minimum required for an outbreak to be reported. Both are considered Halton cases. It was declared on Friday, December 10th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 923,126 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 827,101 of the doses were to Halton residents.

461,971 second doses have been administered in Halton. 411,458 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 40,021 first doses and 48,295 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,530 first doses and 43,783 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,174 first doses and 27,870 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,571 first doses and 31,784 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,978 first doses and 36,515 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,161 first doses and 39,179 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,460 first doses and 40,542 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,460 first doses and 38,805 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,762 first doses and 35,938 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,104 first doses and 29,020 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,492 first doses and 24,650 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,970 first doses and 22,475 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,342 first doses and 17,177 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,740 first doses and 24,532 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 21,415 first doses and 1406 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 85,442 first doses and 111,381 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,878 first doses and 10,112 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 361,835 first doses and 340,478 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1536 new cases province-wide. There have been 633,683 total cases in Ontario.