COVID-19: Two positive cases removed from Milton’s totals

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

Across Halton, there are five new cases. The total number of cases is up to 20,262. With 19,903 resolved cases and 243 deaths, Halton is at 116 active cases, three less than Monday. The Region says that of the 20,262 total cases, 19,545 were confirmed positive while 717 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we had two case removed from the total case numbers. This happens when a previous case is confirmed to be a non-Milton resident. That brings us to 6448 total cases. With 6378 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 24 active cases, four less than Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 6448 total cases, 6196 were confirmed positive while 252 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 7710 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2519 total variant cases.

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 20 cases being reported – seven are non-Halton cases and 13 are residents.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 899,574 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 805,689 of the doses were to Halton residents.

459,183 second doses have been administered in Halton. 409,346 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,752 first doses and 47,773 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,367 first doses and 43,434 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,047 first doses and 27,575 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,428 first doses and 31,496 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,838 first doses and 36,224 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,073 first doses and 38,934 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,351 first doses and 40,332 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,325 first doses and 38,607 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,688 first doses and 35,798 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,034 first doses and 28,933 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,457 first doses and 24,598 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,954 first doses and 22,439 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,330 first doses and 17,156 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,720 first doses and 24,506 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 2027 first doses and 1378 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 80,890 first doses and 109,115 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,896 first doses and 10,133 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 345,605 first doses and 339,935 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 613 new cases province-wide. There have been 612,931 total cases in Ontario.