Between Friday, March 12th and Monday, March 15th, a death has been reported in Halton.
The Halton Region has updated its stats, showing 199th deaths total – one up since myFM News most recent COVID-19 report. The death appears to have been a Halton Hills resident, giving the town 55 deaths total. Oakville remains at 59 deaths, Burlington at 49, and Milton at 36 deaths. The death is also the first reported in Halton since our update on March 3rd.
Across Halton, there are 40 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 10,083. With 9603 resolved cases and 199 deaths, Halton is now at 281 active cases – 14 less than Friday’s reported number. The Region says that of the 10,83 total cases, 9761 were confirmed positive while 322 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have three new cases. That brings us to 3174 total cases. With 3060 resolved cases and 36 deaths, Milton is now at 78 active cases – 26 less than Friday’s number. The Region says that of the 3174 total cases, 3069 were confirmed positive while 105 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is also detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 240 total variant cases have been found in Halton: 219 were screen positive and 21 were confirmed variants of concern. Milton has reportedly had 70 total variant cases: 59 were screened positive while 11 were confirmed variants of concern.
The outbreak at Maplehurst is reportedly still open. On Monday, January 18th, the Halton Region reported an outbreak at what is classified as ‘Congregate Living – 37’. It’s believed that this is the Correctional Facility, which was reportedly experiencing an outbreak at the same time of the same magnitude. As of the time of writing, there have been 302 total cases reported during this outbreak. 191 have been residents, 13 have been staff members, and 98 are categorized as ‘non-Halton’ cases. A death that was previously attributed to the outbreak was recently removed from the stats.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1268 new cases province-wide. There have been 319,374 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 319,374 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,268 | 0.4% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 299,684 | 93.8 |
| Change from previous report | 1,114 | 0.4% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 14,984 | 4.7 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 6,740 | 2.1 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 7,162 | 2.2 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 3,881 | 54.2 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for health care workers footnote 5 footnote 6 footnote 2 in long-term care homes | 10 | 0.1 |
| Variant | Cases |
|---|---|
| Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant) footnote 8 | 1,106 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant) footnote 8 | 44 |
| Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant) footnote 8 | 34 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 157,396 |
| Female | 160,219 |
| 19 and under | 43,862 |
| 20-39 | 117,097 |
| 40-59 | 91,992 |
| 60-79 | 45,648 |
| 80 and over | 20,701 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 11,789,084 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 33,975 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 10,954 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 699 As we often observe on weekends, more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census. We anticipate the number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases. |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 | 298 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 187 |
