COVID-19: Region reports another death in Halton

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show an additional death in the totals. The death is a Burlington death, giving the city 83 deaths total. Milton is at 52 deaths. Oakville is at 77. Halton Hills is at 62. Halton is now at 274 deaths total from COVID-19.

Across Halton, there are 413 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 38,953. With 37,187 resolved cases and 274 deaths, Halton is at 1492 active cases, 18 more than Wednesday. The Region says that of the 38,953 total cases, 38,114 were confirmed positive while 839 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we had 122 new cases. That brings us to 10,955 total cases. With 10,525 resolved cases and 52 deaths, Milton is at 378 active cases, 29 more than Wednesday’s update. The Region says that of the 10,955 total cases, 10,675 were confirmed positive while 280 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 12,414 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 3634 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 127 cases being reported – 54 are non-Halton cases, 66 are residents, two are staff cases, and five unspecified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

An outbreak has been 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 been 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 six cases being reported. Two are resident cases, one is unspecified, and three are non-Halton cases.

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

An outbreak has been 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 16 cases currently being reported – seven 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 21 cases – ten residents, six non-Halton cases, and five 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 1,165,955 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 1,035,092 of the doses were to Halton residents.

466,354 second doses have been administered in Halton. 413,760 of those have been Halton residents.

222,734 additional doses have been administered in Halton. 193,056 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 33,861 first doses, 2561 second doses and 0 additional doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 40,514 first doses, 48,926 second doses and 558 additional doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,920 first doses, 44,255 second doses and 13,596 additional doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,468 first doses, 28,193 second doses and 8487 additional doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,879 first doses, 32,110 second doses and 10,611 additional doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 35,265 first doses, 36,808 second doses and 13,724 additional doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,384 first doses, 39,418 second doses and 15,684 additional doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,655 first doses, 40,752 second doses and 17,962 additional doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,620 first doses, 39,039 second doses and 22,802 additional doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,945 first doses, 36,109 second doses and 22,975 additional doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,274 first doses, 29,143 second doses and 22,240 additional doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,646 first doses, 24,733 second doses and 19,026 additional doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,085 first doses, 22,524 second doses and 18,484 additional doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,424 first doses, 17,211 second doses and 15,038 additional doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,809 first doses, 24,569 second doses and 21,547 additional doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 118 first doses, three second doses and zero additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 88,589 first doses, 113,447 second doses and 111,279 additional doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,423 first doses, 9540 second doses and 6606 additional doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 374,855 first doses, 343,367 second doses and 102,849 additional doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 7,757 new cases province-wide. There have been 977,194 total cases in Ontario.