COVID-19: Region reports outbreak at Milton workplace

We have the last COVID-19 update for Milton and Halton before the weekend.

Across Halton, there are 14 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 19,717. With 19,388 resolved cases and 242 deaths, Halton is at 87 active cases, the same as Thursday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,717 total cases, 19,029 were confirmed positive while 688 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have six new cases. That keeps us at 6309 total cases. With 6227 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 36 active cases, four more cases than Thursday’s update. The Region says that of the 6309 total cases, 6068 were confirmed positive while 241 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6599 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2239 total variant cases.

The Halton Region has reported an outbreak at a Milton school. The outbreak was first declared on Tuesday, October 12th. There are two cases being reported, both being considered ‘Halton’ cases, meaning the residents are from Halton. The outbreak is at Anne J. Macarthur Public School.

An outbreak is being reported at a second Milton school. This outbreak is at St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School. There are two cases being reported, the minimum for what is considered an outbreak. The outbreak was first declared on Wednesday, October 13th.

There’s an outbreak being reported at a Milton workplace. It’s listed on the Halton Region webpage as ‘Workplace – 162’. There are three total cases being reported – one is a Halton case, two are considered non-Halton cases. It was first declared on Thursday, October 14th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 881,931 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 791,606 of the doses were to Halton residents.

447,200 second doses have been administered in Halton. 399,854 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 38,627 first doses and 45,490 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 38,760 first doses and 42,021 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,473 first doses and 26,305 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 29,857 first doses and 30,177 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,259 first doses and 35,016 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,552 first doses and 37,863 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 37,915 first doses and 39,430 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 36,903 first doses and 37,819 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,389 first doses and 35,175 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,852 first doses and 28,564 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,343 first doses and 24,390 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,876 first doses and 22,293 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,285 first doses and 17,049 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,691 first doses and 24,409 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 1,949 first doses and 1199 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 77,001 first doses and 100,978 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,861 first doses and 10,023 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 343,869 first doses and 336,199 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

The Halton Region says that out of the 459,096 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.12% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 95,827 fully immunized residents – 0.12% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 496 new cases province-wide. There have been 593,933 total cases in Ontario.