COVID-19: Active cases continue to decrease across Halton

The COVID-19 numbers continue to slowly decrease across Halton.

In Milton, there were no new reportedly confirmed cases, keeping the total at 234. The Region is also aware of five active cases for Milton.

Milton is no longer the highest active case count within Halton municipalities. Oakville has the highest number with six.

Across Halton, the Region confirmed one new confirmed case, as the total rise to 832; however, active cases have dropped to 14 total.

Halton Hills continues to have zero active cases. Burlington is at three.

You can find the latest numbers for Ontario below. They were provided by the provincial government.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 5, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	39,809	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	95	0.2% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	35,906	90.2
Change from previous report	159	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]}	5,899	14.8
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	2,593	6.5
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,783	7.0
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,798	64.6
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

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 5, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	2,321,297
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	26,181
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	19,292

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 5, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	71
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	29
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	13

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