COVID-19: Outbreak at Milton school closes

We have the latest COVID-19 stats for Milton and Halton.

Across Halton, there are 12 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 20,142. With 19,811 resolved cases and 243 deaths, Halton is at 88 active cases, the same as Monday. The Region says that of the 20,142 total cases, 19,429 were confirmed positive while 713 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have three new cases. That brings us to 6426 total cases. With 6351 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 29 active cases, the same as Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 6426 total cases, 6176 were confirmed positive while 250 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 7678 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2512 total variant cases.

An outbreak at a Milton school has been closed. It was at Tiger Jeet Singh Public School. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th. There were three reported cases. All were considered Halton cases. The outbreak was officially closed on Monday, November 15th.

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 three cases being reported. All are considered Halton cases, meaning they are Halton residents.

An 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 18 cases being reported – six are non-Halton cases and 12 are residents.

A new outbreak has been declared at a workplace in Milton. It’s listed only as ‘workplace – 164’. There are three reported cases. All three are considered Halton cases. It was first declared on Wednesday, November 10th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 898,031 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 804,084 of the doses were to Halton residents.

457,703 second doses have been administered in Halton. 408,158 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,625 first doses and 47,473 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,328 first doses and 43,269 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,012 first doses and 27,433 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,389 first doses and 31,341 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,810 first doses and 36,078 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,039 first doses and 38,795 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,328 first doses and 40,212 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,313 first doses and 38,501 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,708 first doses and 35,729 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,118 first doses and 28,887 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,503 first doses and 24,571 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,004 first doses and 22,417 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,351 first doses and 17,147 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,780 first doses and 24,491 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 2020 first doses and 1359 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 80,827 first doses and 108,116 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,931 first doses and 10,133 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 345,570 first doses and 339,454 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 481 new cases province-wide. There have been 608,206 total cases in Ontario.