COVID-19: Case numbers are on the up across Halton

The latest COVID-19 statistics for the Halton Region have been released.

Milton has seen an increase of three new confirmed positive cases, as that total rises to 233. Milton’s active case count has also increased, rising to 12. That puts it once again as the highest number of the four Halton municipalities. The next closest are both Oakville and Burlington with 10 each. Halton Hills has three.

Halton saw an even bigger jump, with six new confirmed positive cases today. That is now 824 cases overall. There are 35 active cases in the region, two more than yesterday.

You can read up on the Region’s statistics here.

Here the numbers for Ontario, provided by the provincial government.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to July 23, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	38,405	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	195	0.5% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	34,100	88.8
Change from previous report	137	0.4% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	5,881	15.3
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	2,503	6.5
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,758	7.2
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,791	64.9
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	8	0.3

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to July 23 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	17,818
Female	20,298
19 and under	2,088
20-39	11,624
40-59	11,610
60-79	7,056
80 and over	6,020

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to July 23 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	1,988,909
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	28,809
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	25,550

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to July 23, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	141
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	31
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	20

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