Even with a low number of new cases today, we still saw a rise in active cases.
Across Halton, there are 13 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 19,570. With 19,219 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is now at 109 active cases, seven more cases than Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,570 total cases, 18,892 were confirmed positive while 678 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have one new case. That keeps us at 6256 total cases. With 6184 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 26 active cases, two less cases than Monday’s updates. The Region says that of the 6256 total cases, 6018 were confirmed positive while 238 were considered probable cases.
The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6559 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2231 total variant cases.
An outbreak at a Milton workplace has officially been closed. It was first declared on Wednesday, September 8th. It was labelled as ‘Workplace – 158’. There were 18 reported cases. Two were considered Halton cases. 16 were ‘non-Halton’ cases. It was closed on Monday, October 4th.
Another outbreak has been closed. This one was at a Milton school (Escarpment View Public School). There were four cases being reported, all were Halton cases. It was first declared on Tuesday, September 28th. The outbreak closed on Monday, October 4th.
A Milton school is dealing with an outbreak. Irma Coulson Public School has seven reported cases, each are Halton Cases. The outbreak was declared on Friday, September 24th.
Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 874,852 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 785,970 of the doses were to Halton residents.
442,447 second doses have been administered in Halton. 396,013 of those have been Halton residents.
Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:
- 38,242 first doses and 44,643 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
- 38,495 first doses and 41,376 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
- 25,246 first doses and 25,794 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
- 29,596 first doses and 29,695 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
- 34,006 first doses and 34,492 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
- 36,354 first doses and 37,466 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
- 37,757 first doses and 39,051 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
- 36,730 first doses and 37,505 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
- 35,264 first doses and 34,962 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
- 28,757 first doses and 28,434 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
- 25,280 first doses and 24,324 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
- 22,847 first doses and 22,243 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
- 17,254 first doses and 17,023 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
- 24,676 first doses and 24,384 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
- 1,901 first doses and 1055 second doses are pending.
The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:
- 75,428 first doses and 97,999 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
- 13,825 first doses and 9995 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 343,152 first doses and 334,453 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.
The Halton Region says that out of the 454,173 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.11% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 94,472 fully immunized residents – 0.11% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 429 new cases province-wide. There have been 589,041 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 589,041 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 429 | 0.1% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 574,550 | 97.5 |
| Change from previous report | 696 | 0.1% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,610 | 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 | 7,359 | 1.2 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 9,757 1 death was removed from the cumulative total based on data cleaning. |
1.7 |
| New deaths reported | 4 | <0.1% increase |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 4,014 | 41.1 |
| 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 | 146,477 |
| Lineage B.1.351 (Beta) footnote 8 | 1,503 |
| Lineage P.1 (Gamma) footnote 8 | 5,229 |
| Lineage B.1.617.2 (Delta) footnote 8 | 18,897 |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 293,356 |
| Female | 291,536 |
| 0-4 | 16,615 |
| 5-11 | 30,157 |
| 12-19 | 52,581 |
| 20-39 | 222,222 |
| 40-59 | 165,244 |
| 60-79 | 76,229 |
| 80 and over | 25,886 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 18,222,931 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 25,441 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 17,885 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 277 |
| Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 14 | 155 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 131 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 24 |
| Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 15 | 101 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19 footnote 13 | 83 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 18 |
