COVID-19: Three residents reported dead from virus over the weekend

Three Halton residents have reportedly died from COVID-19, including a Milton resident.

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show three additional deaths in the totals. Two of the deaths appear to have been Burlington residents, giving the town now 73 deaths. The third death is a Halton Hills resident, giving our town 59 deaths total. Oakville remains at 72 and Milton is at 49. Halton is now at 253 deaths total from COVID-19.

Across Halton, there are 1601 new cases coming out of the weekend. The total number of cases is up to 34,123. With 31206 resolved cases and 253 deaths, Halton is at 2664 active cases, 1487 less than Friday. The Region says that of the 34,123 total cases, 33,322 were confirmed positive while 801 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we had 353 new cases since Friday. That brings us to 9578 total cases. With 8916 resolved cases and 49 deaths, Milton is at 613 active cases, 345 less than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 9578 total cases, 9304 were confirmed positive while 274 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 11,990 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 3484 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 109 cases being reported – 41 are non-Halton cases, 64 are residents, two are staff cases, and two unspecified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

Another outbreak is now at the Seasons Milton Retirement Communities. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 5th. There are 13 cases currently being reported – one resident, one staff member, two non-Halton cases, and nine that are unspecified.

The Halton Region is reporting an outbreak at Allendale. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 5th. There are 10 cases – one resident, three non-Halton cases, and six that are unspecified.

Halton currently has 62 hospitalized residents. Eight of them are from Milton.

The Region provided the following note regarding the Omicron surge in cases:

• Impact of Omicron surge: The recent surge in Omicron cases means that testing capacity is limited and case, contact, and outbreak management has been modified to focus on high-risk settings. As a result, the number of cases reported in the dashboard is an underestimate of the true number of cases in the community, and outbreaks will be underreported. Data completeness may also be impacted. As the situation evolves, modifications to the dashboard may become necessary to align with the information available given these revised testing and disease management practices.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 1,108,721 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 985,817 of the doses were to Halton residents.

464,975 second doses have been administered in Halton. 412,978 of those have been Halton residents.

169,287 additional doses have been administered in Halton. 145,226 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 33,483 first doses, 2053 second doses and 0 additional doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 40,379 first doses, 48,758 second doses and 432 additional doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,810 first doses, 44,146 second doses and 9020 additional doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,379 first doses, 28,098 second doses and 5654 additional doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,776 first doses, 32,012 second doses and 6984 additional doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 35,163 first doses, 36,730 second doses and 9111 additional doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,306 first doses, 39,356 second doses and 10,337 additional doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,587 first doses, 40,691 second doses and 10,891 additional doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,548 first doses, 38,971 second doses and 16,064 additional doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,878 first doses, 36,065 second doses and 17,038 additional doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,211 first doses, 29,118 second doses and 17,239 additional doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,592 first doses, 24,703 second doses and 15,170 additional doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,046 first doses, 22,509 second doses and 16,369 additional doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,402 first doses, 17,201 second doses and 13,463 additional doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,782 first doses, 24,560 second doses and 19,515 additional doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 117 first doses, four second doses and zero additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 87,640 first doses, 112,415 second doses and 89,948 additional doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,927 first doses, 10,172 second doses and 7031 additional doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 373,892 first doses, 342,388 second doses and 71,308 additional doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 9,706 new cases province-wide. There have been 888,297 total cases in Ontario.