COVID-19: Nearly 100 new cases across Halton

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

Across Halton, there have been 88 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 21,176. With 20,515 resolved cases and 245 deaths, Halton is at 416 active cases, 45 more than Monday. The Region says that of the 21,176 total cases, 20,448 were confirmed positive while 728 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 20 new cases. That brings us to 6727 total cases. With 6575 resolved cases and 47 deaths, Milton is at 105 active cases, four more than Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 6727 total cases, 6472 were confirmed positive while 255 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 8106 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2635 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 923,284 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 827,219 of the doses were to Halton residents.

462,049 second doses have been administered in Halton. 411,511 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 40,025 first doses and 48,304 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,535 first doses and 43,791 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,182 first doses and 27,875 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,578 first doses and 31,796 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,982 first doses and 36,525 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,165 first doses and 39,187 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,466 first doses and 40,544 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,437 first doses and 38,812 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,766 first doses and 35,942 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,107 first doses and 29,023 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,494 first doses and 24,652 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,971 first doses and 22,478 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,343 first doses and 17,178 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,741 first doses and 24,535 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 21,443 first doses and 1407 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 85,518 first doses and 111,458 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,879 first doses and 10,113 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 361,838 first doses and 340,478 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1429 new cases province-wide. There have been 635,112 total cases in Ontario.