COVID-19: Another outbreak declared by Halton Region, 14 cases

The weekend COVID-19 stats for Milton and Halton have been released.

Across Halton, there are 55 new cases since Friday. The total number of cases is up to 20,027. With 19,692 resolved cases and 243 deaths, Halton is at 92 active cases, 12 more than Friday. The Region says that of the 20,027 total cases, 19,323 were confirmed positive while 704 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 26 new cases. That brings us to 6390 total cases. With 6308 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 36 active cases, 11 cases more than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 6390 total cases, 6144 were confirmed positive while 246 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region has updated its definition of variant cases to align with Provincial reporting. The number of variant cases will be higher on Tuesday, November 2nd due to this reporting update. It says that 7621 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2498 total variant cases.

An outbreak has been reported at a Milton school. It’s at Holy Rosary (Milton) Catholic Elementary School. It was first reported by the Halton Region on Wednesday, October 27th. There are two cases being reported (the minimum for an outbreak). Both are considered Halton cases, meaning they are Halton residents.

An outbreak has been declared at a Milton school. It’s at Tiger Jeet Singh Public School. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th. There are two reported cases. Both are considered Halton cases.

A new outbreak has been declared at a congregate living facility. It is labelled only as ‘Congregate Living – 80’ on the Halton Region outbreak webpage. There are 14 cases being reported – four are non-Halton cases and ten remain unspecified.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 894,738 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 801,616 of the doses were to Halton residents.

455,671 second doses have been administered in Halton. 406,546 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,441 first doses and 47,083 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,214 first doses and 43,028 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,895 first doses and 27,224 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,261 first doses and 31,102 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,688 first doses and 35,875 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,940 first doses and 38,628 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,243 first doses and 40,083 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,224 first doses and 38,353 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,619 first doses and 35,604 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,027 first doses and 28,809 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,464 first doses and 24,538 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,969 first doses and 22,392 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,326 first doses and 17,134 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,746 first doses and 24,477 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 2010 first doses and 1341 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 80,010 first doses and 106,656 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,904 first doses and 10,111 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 345,153 first doses and 338,904 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 480 new cases province-wide. There have been 603,711 total cases in Ontario.