COVID-19: Halton’s active case count decreases

Both the Halton Region and Province of Ontario have updated their latest statistics for the novel coronavirus.

In Milton, we have 193 total confirmed positive cases. We also have 19 probable cases. There have been 191 recoveries since the outbreak, and four deaths. That means we remain at 17 active cases locally.

In Halton, we have seen four new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 731. There are also 79 probable cases. With the 722 recoveries and 25 deaths, we have 63 active cases in Halton, four less than what was reported yesterday.

Below are the province’s latest numbers, courtesy of the government of Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to June 23, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	34,016	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	163	0.5% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	29,336	86.2
Change from previous report	229	0.8% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	5,427	16.0
Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}associated with long-term care outbreaks	2,244	6.6
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,631	7.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,683	64.0
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	5	0.2

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to June 23, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	15,470
Female	18,272
19 and under	1,580
20-39	9,688
40-59	10,386
60-79	6,542
80 and over	5,810

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to June 23, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	1,236,023
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	23,207
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	21,398

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to June 23, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	278
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	73
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	48

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