COVID-19: 15 new cases in Halton, shutdown rumours linger

Another day, another double-digit spike in total COVID-19 cases for Halton.

In Halton, we have 1088-total cases. That is 15-more cases than what was reported yesterday. We have had 976 recoveries and 25 deaths. That puts the region at 87-active cases.

Here in Milton, we have reached 300-total cases. That is an increase of one case from yesterday. There have been 273 recoveries and four deaths. That means Milton has 23-active cases.

Remember, statistics are not released over the weekend. Residents should brace themselves for another fairly high increase on Monday afternoon. Wear your masks, physical distance as much as possible, and if you can, stay home.

Ontario had its worst day in a while. See the numbers below.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to September 17, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	46,077	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	401	0.9% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	40,600	88.1
Change from previous report	176	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]}	6,008	13.0
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	2,677	5.8
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	2,825	6.1
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,824	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

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to September 17, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	21,697
Female	24,051
19 and under	3,361
20-39	15,124
40-59	13,483
60-79	7,930
80 and over	6,174

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to September 17, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	3,469,523
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	35,826
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	40,443

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to September 17, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	58
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	20
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	10

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