COVID-19: Number of cases in Milton and Halton increase

As of Tuesday, there have been 443 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Halton and 96 in Milton.

Milton has 67 recoveries and two deaths.

Below are the current numbers from the Province of Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to April 27, 2020
	Number	Percentage
Number of cases¹	15,381	N/A
Change from previous report	525	3.5% increase
Resolved²	8,964	58.3
Deceased³	951	6.2
Demographics
Male	6,392	41.6
Female	8,848	57.5
19 and under	346	2.2
20-39	3,521	22.9
40-59	4,644	30.2
60-79	3,420	22.2
80 and over	3,443	22.4
Testing
Total tests completed⁴	253,040	N/A
Total tests completed in the previous day⁵	10,852	N/A
Currently under investigation⁶	6,282	N/A
Hospitalizations
Number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19⁷	957	N/A
Number of patients in ICU⁸ with COVID-19	239	N/A
Number of patients in ICU⁸ on a ventilator with COVID-19	187	N/A

Long-Term Care ^{9, 10, 11, 12}
	Ministry of Long-Term Care Daily Report	Public Health Ontario Daily Epidemiologic Summary (iPHIS)
Outbreaks in LTC Homes	154	176
Confirmed Cases for LTC Residents	2491	2240
Confirmed Cases for LTC Staff	1205	1033
Total confirmed LTC resident deaths	705	476
Total confirmed LTC staff deaths	<5	<5

Numbers courtesy of the Province of Ontario.

Symptoms of COVID-19 may include:

Fever or new cough or difficulty breathing
Muscle aches, fatigue, headache, sore throat, runny nose or diarrhea
Symptoms in young children may be non-specific (e.g., lethargy, poor feeding)

Severe symptoms may include:

Shortness of breath when walking, exercising, or at rest, which is unusual for the patient
Chest pain, extreme fatigue, drowsiness, unstable vital signs

Anyone who develops symptoms, whether they have traveled or not, should self-isolate for 14 days, or until they have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer. Those with mild symptoms and no complications do not need to contact Public Health.

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