COVID-19: More than 500 new cases for Halton

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

Across Halton, there are 515 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 23,322. With 21,302 resolved cases and 246 deaths, Halton is at 1774 active cases, 331 more than Wednesday. The Region says that of the 23,322 total cases, 22,574 were confirmed positive while 748 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 112 new cases. That brings us to 7153 total cases. With 6750 resolved cases and 48 deaths, Milton is at 274 active cases, 81 more than Wednesday’s update. The Region says that of the 7153 total cases, 6893 were confirmed positive while 260 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 9212 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2867 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 91 cases being reported – 31 are non-Halton cases, 57 are residents, two are staff cases, and one unspecified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

An outbreak has been declared at a sports and fitness facility. It is listed as “Sports and Fitness – 12′ on the Halton Region webpage. It was first reported on Friday, December 17th. There are eight cases being reported. All eight are Halton cases.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 1,020,432 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 912,126 of the doses were to Halton residents.

463,273 second doses have been administered in Halton. 412,302 of those have been Halton residents.

87,581 additional doses have been administered in Halton. 76,649 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 28,850 first doses, 1508 second doses and o additional doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 40,206 first doses, 48,552 second doses and 161 additional doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,623 first doses, 43,935 second doses and 2128 additional doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,267 first doses, 27,983 second doses and 1875 additional doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,648 first doses, 31,905 second doses and 2198 additional doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 35,057 first doses, 36,632 second doses and 2818 additional doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,235 first doses, 39,267 second doses and 3381 additional doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,517 first doses, 40,614 second doses and 3850 additional doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,484 first doses, 38,909 second doses and 7063 additional doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,812 first doses, 35,999 second doses and 8105 additional doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,135 first doses, 29,061 second doses and 9434 additional doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,525 first doses, 24,672 second doses and 8239 additional doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,993 first doses, 22,494 second doses and 12,185 additional doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,358 first doses, 17,188 second doses and 10,304 additional doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,756 first doses, 24,550 second doses and 15,840 additional doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 112 first doses, four second doses and zero additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 86,229 first doses, 111,072 second doses and 43,960 additional doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,907 first doses, 10,156 second doses and 6331 additional doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 369,442 first doses, 342,045 second doses and 37,290 additional doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 5790 new cases province-wide. There have been 667,353 total cases in Ontario.