The Halton Region’s latest COVID-19 stats show a jump in new cases for Halton, with the majority coming out of Milton.
Across the Region, there are 61 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 10,457. With 9937 resolved cases and 200 deaths, Halton is now at 320 active cases – 11 more than Monday’s count. The Region says that of the 10,457 total cases, 10,120 were confirmed positive while 337 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have 31 new cases. That brings us to 3315 total cases. With 3163 resolved cases and 36 deaths, Milton is now at 116 active cases – 19 more than Monday’s number. The Region says that of the 3315 total cases, 3200 were confirmed positive while 115 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is also detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 383 total variant cases have been found in Halton: 357 were screen positive and 26 were confirmed variants of concern. Milton has reportedly had 112 total variant cases: 101 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 303 total cases reported during this outbreak. 192 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.
The Halton Region is also noting vaccination numbers. The numbers are updated weekly, with the most recent being on Friday, March 19th. A total of 51,954 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton:
- 32,529 have been administered through the Halton Healthcare COVID-19 Vaccination Centre;
- 12,473 have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 6,952 have been administered through the newly launched COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
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Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1546 new cases province-wide. There have been 332,119 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 332,119 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 1,546 | 0.5% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 309,849 | 93.3 |
| Change from previous report | 1,271 | 0.4% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,010 | 4.5 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 6,784 | 2.0 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 7,253 | 2.2 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 3,892 | 53.7 |
| 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 | 1,359 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant) footnote 8 | 47 |
| Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant) footnote 8 | 37 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 163,979 |
| Female | 166,290 |
| 19 and under | 46,448 |
| 20-39 | 121,736 |
| 40-59 | 95,583 |
| 60-79 | 47,272 |
| 80 and over | 21,001 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 12,146,393 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 32,556 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 31,325 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 868 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 | 324 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU footnote 13 on a ventilator with COVID-19 | 193 |
