COVID-19: Halton has nearly 3000 active cases

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

Across Halton, there are 417 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 25,875. With 22,739 resolved cases and 246 deaths, Halton is at 2890 active cases, 1160 more than Friday. The Region says that of the 25,875 total cases, 25,114 were confirmed positive while 761 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 63 new cases. That brings us to 7667 total cases. With 7062 resolved cases and 48 deaths, Milton is at 557 active cases, 283 more than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 7667 total cases, 7402 were confirmed positive while 265 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 10,637 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 3156 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 97 cases being reported – 33 are non-Halton cases, 61 are residents, two are staff cases, and one unspecified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

An outbreak at a sports and fitness facility has been declared closed. It is listed as “Sports and Fitness – 12′ on the Halton Region webpage. It was first reported on Friday, December 17th. There were nine cases being reported. All nine were Halton cases. It was closed on Monday, December 27th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 1,036,971 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 925,360 of the doses were to Halton residents.

463,550 second doses have been administered in Halton. 412,399 of those have been Halton residents.

102,006 additional doses have been administered in Halton. 88,248 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 30,467 first doses, 1547 second doses and o additional doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 40,233 first doses, 48,610 second doses and 191 additional doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,658 first doses, 43,976 second doses and 3375 additional doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,294 first doses, 28,002 second doses and 2598 additional doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,673 first doses, 31,923 second doses and 3003 additional doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 35,073 first doses, 36,650 second doses and 3716 additional doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,244 first doses, 39,282 second doses and 4395 additional doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,521 first doses, 40,627 second doses and 5075 additional doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,498 first doses, 38,921 second doses and 8512 additional doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,819 first doses, 36,018 second doses and 9696 additional doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,150 first doses, 29,071 second doses and 10,900 additional doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,535 first doses, 24,677 second doses and 9672 additional doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,008 first doses, 22,496 second doses and 13,129 additional doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,369 first doses, 17,191 second doses and 11,007 additional doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,760 first doses, 24,555 second doses and 16,737 additional doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 113 first doses, four second doses and zero additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 86,477 first doses, 111,272 second doses and 53,587 additional doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,916 first doses, 10,158 second doses and 6780 additional doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 371,022 first doses, 342,120 second doses and 41,639 additional doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the (Friday) numbers for Ontario, including 9571 new cases province-wide. There have been 676,924 total cases in Ontario.