COVID-19: Seven more deaths across Milton, Burlington, Halton Hills

Seven Halton residents have reportedly died from COVID-19.

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show seven additional deaths in the totals. Four of the deaths appear to have been Burlington residents, giving the city now 83 deaths. Two of the deaths appear to have been Milton residents, giving the town 51 deaths. The other death is an Halton Hills resident, giving the town 61 deaths total. Oakville remains at 75. Halton is now at 270 deaths total from COVID-19.

Across Halton, there are 1540 new cases coming out of the weekend. The total number of cases is up to 37,684. With 35,717 resolved cases and 270 deaths, Halton is at 1697 active cases, 601 less than Friday. The Region says that of the 37,684 total cases, 36,857 were confirmed positive while 827 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we had 450 new cases. That brings us to 10,515 total cases. With 10,088 resolved cases and 51 deaths, Milton is at 376 active cases, 161 less than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 10,515 total cases, 10,234 were confirmed positive while 281 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 12,267 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 3567 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 122 cases being reported – 53 are non-Halton cases, 63 are residents, two are staff cases, and four unspecified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 103’. It was first declared on Monday, January 10th. There are currently two cases being reported. They are unspecified.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 104’. It was first declared on Tuesday, January 11th. There are currently four cases being reported. Two are resident cases, and two are non-Halton cases.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 106’. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 12th. There is currently one case being reported. It is a non-Halton case.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 109’. It was first declared on Friday, January 14th. There are currently five cases being reported. Three are resident cases and two are non-Halton cases.

Another outbreak is now at the Seasons Milton Retirement Communities. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 5th. There are 15 cases currently being reported – six residents, one staff member, two non-Halton cases, and six that are unspecified.

The Halton Region is reporting an outbreak at Allendale. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 5th. There are 18 cases – ten residents, four non-Halton cases, and four that are unspecified.

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 1,150,681 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 1,021,628 of the doses were to Halton residents.

466,023 second doses have been administered in Halton. 413,553 of those have been Halton residents.

208,089 additional doses have been administered in Halton. 179,974 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 33,816 first doses, 2479 second doses and 0 additional doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 40,479 first doses, 48,870 second doses and 532 additional doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,897 first doses, 44,222 second doses and 12,122 additional doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,436 first doses, 28,171 second doses and 7642 additional doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,855 first doses, 32,080 second doses and 9617 additional doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 35,240 first doses, 36,793 second doses and 12,406 additional doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,363 first doses, 39,395 second doses and 14,257 additional doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,635 first doses, 40,733 second doses and 16,276 additional doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,599 first doses, 39,018 second doses and 21,085 additional doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,929 first doses, 36,097 second doses and 21,519 additional doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,262 first doses, 29,137 second doses and 20,951 additional doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,641 first doses, 24,726 second doses and 18,108 additional doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,079 first doses, 22,522 second doses and 17,965 additional doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,419 first doses, 17,208 second doses and 14,660 additional doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,800 first doses, 24,569 second doses and 20,949 additional doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 119 first doses, three second doses and zero additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 88,395 first doses, 113,232 second doses and 108,339 additional doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,965 first doses, 10,175 second doses and 7597 additional doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 374,209 first doses, 342,616 second doses and 92,153 additional doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 8521 new cases province-wide. There have been 956,607 total cases in Ontario.