COVID-19: Halton Region reports 47th death

Another resident is dead from the novel coronavirus.

The person is believed to have been an Oakville resident, giving the town its 13th death, and Halton’s 47th total death.

Across Halton, there are 35 new cases being reported. The total number is up to 3092 cases. There have been 2485 resolved cases and 47 deaths, putting Halton at 560 active cases.

In Milton, there were seven new cases reported today. That ups the total to 811 cases. We’ve had 614 resolved cases and four deaths, meaning we now have 193 active cases.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1417 new cases.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to November 17, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	98,162	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	1,417	1.5% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	81,925	83.5
Change from previous report	1,495	1.9% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	7,857	8.0
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	3,152	3.2
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	3,415	3.5
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	2,174	63.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	8	0.2

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to November 17, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	47,507
Female	50,140
19 and under	11,238
20-39	35,589
40-59	28,007
60-79	14,449
80 and over	8,866

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to November 17, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	5,737,181
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	33,440
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	36,671

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to November 17, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	535
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	127
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	78

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