COVID-19: Milton now back up to 10 active cases

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

In Milton, there is one new reported confirmed positive case. The total is now 241. However, known active cases have increased by three, now sitting at 10 total. The Region says on there chart that the Halton Region Public Health is currently in the process of adopting a new provincial COVID-19 database. During this transitional period, all counts should be considered preliminary and are subject to change as information is reconciled.

Across Halton, we saw an increase of two confirmed positive case once again. The total number is now at 863. There are 31 active case across the region. That is a two-case increase.

Below are the provincial numbers, provided by the Government of Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 20, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	41,179	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	131	0.3% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	37,397	90.8
Change from previous report	106	0.3% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	5,922	14.4
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	2,636	6.4
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,796	6.8
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,804	64.5
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 August 20, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	19,281
Female	21,605
19 and under	2,596
20-39	12,814
40-59	12,295
60-79	7,395
80 and over	6,073

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 20, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	2,710,918
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	28,073
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	19,941

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 20, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	35
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	13
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	7

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