COVID-19: Halton resident dies, active cases continue to drop

There is a new death in Halton from COVID-19.

The Halton Region says the death is an Oakville resident, the town’s 62nd death from the virus. Halton Hills remains at 56 deaths, Burlington is at 52 deaths, and Milton is at 40 deaths. Halton has 210 deaths in total.

There are 124 new cases in the region. The total number of cases is up to 14,644. With 13,573 resolved cases and 210 deaths, Halton is now at 861 active cases – 23 less than Monday’s count. The Region says that of the 14,644 total cases, 14,170 were confirmed positive while 474 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 38 new cases. That brings us to 4767 total cases. With 4465 resolved cases and 40 deaths, Milton is at 262 active cases – 23 less than Monday’s number. The Region says that of the 4767 total cases, 4591 were confirmed positive while 176 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 3332 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 1201 total variant cases.

The Halton Region is also noting vaccination numbers. A total of 182,711 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 160,990 of the doses were to Halton residents.

Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:

4072 doses have been administered to people aged 16-24;
4458 doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
4662 doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
5442 doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
9158 doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
10,109 doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
10,906 doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
19,051 doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
24,312 doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
23,059 doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
21,749 doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
17,063 doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
28,657 doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
12 doses have been administered to people that are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

23,468 doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
18,134 doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
141,109 doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 3265 new cases province-wide. There have been 452,126 total cases in Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to April 26, 2021
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	452,126	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	3,265	0.7% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	404,248	89.4
Change from previous report	3,908	1.0% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	15,139	3.3
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	6,954	1.5
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	7,964	1.8
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	3,917	49.2
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	10	0.1

Summary of confirmed variant of concern (VOC) cases: Ontario, up to April 26, 2021
Variant	Cases
Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	57,423
Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	199
Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	371

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to April 26, 2021
Case characteristics	Number
Male	224,481
Female	224,443
19 and under	69,325
20-39	166,259
40-59	130,562
60-79	62,522
80 and over	23,338

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to April 26, 2021
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 9[9]}	13,945,631
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 10[10]}	34,000
Currently under investigation^{footnote 11[11]}	29,264

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to April 26, 2021
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 12[12]}	2,336
Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 14[14]}	875
Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	819
Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	56
Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 15[15]}	589
Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19^{footnote 13[13]}	554
Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	35

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