Coming out of the weekend, there are a bunch of new cases.
Across Halton, there are 75 new cases since Friday. The total number of cases is up to 19,421. With 19,038 resolved cases and 241 deaths, Halton is now at 142 active cases, 13 less cases than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,421 total cases, 18,752 were confirmed positive while 669 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have 19 new cases. That brings us to 6220 total cases. With 6143 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 31 active cases, three less case than Friday’s updates. The Region says that of the 6220 total cases, 5988 were confirmed positive while 232 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6538 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2223 total variant cases.
An outbreak has been declared in Milton. It was first declared on Wednesday, September 8th. It is labelled as ‘Workplace – 158’. There are now 16 reported cases. Two are considered Halton cases. 14 are ‘non-Halton’ cases.
A second outbreak has been declared in Milton, this time a school. Hawthorne Village Public School has two cases, both Halton cases. The outbreak was declared on Thursday, September 16th.
Another Milton school is now dealing with an outbreak. Irma Coulson Public School has two reported cases, both Halton Cases. The outbreak was declared on Friday, September 24th.
Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 868,056 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 780,636 of the doses were to Halton residents.
437,984 second doses have been administered in Halton. 392,460 of those have been Halton residents.
Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:
- 37,836 first doses and 43,850 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
- 38,177 first doses and 40,716 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
- 25,000 first doses and 25,270 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
- 29,336 first doses and 29,260 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
- 33,782 first doses and 34,069 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
- 36,144 first doses and 37,097 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
- 37,570 first doses and 38,716 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
- 36,592 first doses and 37,216 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
- 35,143 first doses and 34,780 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
- 28,672 first doses and 28,323 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
- 25,243 first doses and 24,255 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
- 22,821 first doses and 22,212 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
- 17,224 first doses and 17,002 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
- 24,661 first doses and 24,346 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
- 1,871 first doses and 872 second doses are pending.
The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:
- 73,806 first doses and 94,925 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
- 80 first doses and 182 second doses have been administered through Nelson High School in Burlington;
- 80 first doses and 116 second doses have been administered through Mountainside RC in Burlington;
- 13,812 first doses and 9970 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 80 first doses and 194 second doses have been administered through Glen Abbey CC in Oakville;
- 342,214 first doses and 332,597 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.
The Halton Region says that out of the 449,708 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.10% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 93,368 fully immunized residents – 0.10% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 613 new cases province-wide. There have been 584,541 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 584,541 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 613 | 0.1% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 569,211 | 97.4 |
| Change from previous report | 578 | 0.1% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,587 | 2.7 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 7,345 | 1.3 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 9,704 | 1.7 |
| New deaths reported | 0 | 0% increase |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 4,010 | 41.3 |
| 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 (Alpha) footnote 8 | 146,460 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (Beta) footnote 8 | 1,502 |
| Lineage P.1 (Gamma) footnote 8 | 5,229 |
| Lineage B.1.617.2 (Delta) footnote 8 | 18,297 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 291,188 |
| Female | 289,223 |
| 0-4 | 16,379 |
| 5-11 | 29,482 |
| 12-19 | 52,184 |
| 20-39 | 220,653 |
| 40-59 | 164,155 |
| 60-79 | 75,785 |
| 80 and over | 25,791 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 17,977,189 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 22,633 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 9,306 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 186As 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. |
| Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 14 | 184 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 157 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 27 |
| Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 15 | 130 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19 footnote 13 | 111 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 19 |
