COVID-19: Total case increase for Halton and Milton

The latest COVID-19 numbers for the Halton Region have been provided.

In Halton, we have 959 total cases that have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic. 22 of those cases are active, with 912 people having recovered and 25 having died.

In Milton, there have been 258 total cases, ten of those are known active cases, with 254 people having recovered and four people having died.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, courtesy of the provincial government.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 25, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	41,695	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	88	0.2% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	37,863	90.8
Change from previous report	115	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]}	5,927	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	2,641	6.3
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,802	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 25, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	19,527
Female	21,872
19 and under	2,677
20-39	13,016
40-59	12,453
60-79	7,462
80 and over	6,082

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 25, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	2,823,721
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	21,960
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	20,716

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to August 25, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	43* One facility reported one new confirmed case but no total confirmed cases, therefore this may be a slight over, or under, estimation.
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	15
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	10

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