COVID-19: Two new confirmed cases in Halton

The latest COVID-19 statistics are in for the Halton Region.

In Milton, we are at 243 total confirmed cases. There are ten known local active cases. There have been four COVID-related deaths in Milton since the pandemic began.

Across Halton, we saw an increase of two confirmed positive cases. That puts the Region at 871 confirmed positive cases. For active cases, Halton has 23.

Below are the provincial numbers, courtesy of the Government of Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 24, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	41,607	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	100	0.2% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	37,748	90.7
Change from previous report	75	0.2% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	5,926	14.2
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	2,639	6.3
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,800	6.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,805	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 24, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	19,481
Female	21,829
19 and under	2,660
20-39	12,981
40-59	12,428
60-79	7,452
80 and over	6,081

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 24, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	2,801,761
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	20,013
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	17,259

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 24, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	39* Two facilities reported new confirmed cases but no total confirmed cases, therefore this may be a slight over, or under, estimation.
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	10

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