COVID-19: Milton resident dead from the virus

One Halton resident has reportedly died from COVID-19.

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show one additional death in the totals. The death is a Milton death, giving the town 51 deaths total. Burlington remains at 83 deaths. Halton Hills is at 61 deaths total. Oakville remains at 75. Halton is now at 271 deaths total from COVID-19.

Across Halton, there are 405 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 38,089. With 36,337 resolved cases and 271 deaths, Halton is at 1481 active cases, 216 less than Monday. The Region says that of the 38,039 total cases, 37,257 were confirmed positive while 832 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we had 138 new cases. That brings us to 10,653 total cases. With 10,264 resolved cases and 52 deaths, Milton is at 337 active cases, 39 less than Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 10,653 total cases, 10,374 were confirmed positive while 279 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 12,304 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 3584 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 123 cases being reported – 54 are non-Halton cases, 63 are residents, two are staff cases, and four unspecified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 103’. It was first declared on Monday, January 10th. There are currently two cases being reported. They are unspecified.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 104’. It was first declared on Tuesday, January 11th. There are currently four cases being reported. Two are resident cases, and two are non-Halton cases.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 106’. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 12th. There is currently one case being reported. It is a non-Halton case.

An outbreak has reported at another congregate living facility. This one is labelled as ‘Congregate Living – 109’. It was first declared on Friday, January 14th. There are currently five cases being reported. Three are resident cases and two are non-Halton cases.

Another outbreak is now at the Seasons Milton Retirement Communities. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 5th. There are 16 cases currently being reported – seven residents, one staff member, two non-Halton cases, and six that are unspecified.

The Halton Region is reporting an outbreak at Allendale. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 5th. There are 20 cases – ten residents, five non-Halton cases, and five that are unspecified.

The Region provided the following note regarding the Omicron surge in cases:

• Impact of Omicron surge: The recent surge in Omicron cases means that testing capacity is limited and case, contact, and outbreak management has been modified to focus on high-risk settings. As a result, the number of cases reported in the dashboard is an underestimate of the true number of cases in the community, and outbreaks will be underreported. Data completeness may also be impacted. As the situation evolves, modifications to the dashboard may become necessary to align with the information available given these revised testing and disease management practices.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 1,152,229 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 1,022,920 of the doses were to Halton residents.

466,062 second doses have been administered in Halton. 413,573 of those have been Halton residents.

209,570 additional doses have been administered in Halton. 181,233 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 33,825 first doses, 2485 second doses and 0 additional doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 40,479 first doses, 48,874 second doses and 535 additional doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,894 first doses, 44,225 second doses and 12,285 additional doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,438 first doses, 28,171 second doses and 7736 additional doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,859 first doses, 32,086 second doses and 9736 additional doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 35,244 first doses, 36,793 second doses and 12,552 additional doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,367 first doses, 39,405 second doses and 14,415 additional doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,639 first doses, 40,736 second doses and 16,519 additional doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,600 first doses, 39,020 second doses and 21,262 additional doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,933 first doses, 36,098 second doses and 21,659 additional doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,263 first doses, 29,139 second doses and 21,037 additional doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,639 first doses, 24,726 second doses and 18,163 additional doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,078 first doses, 22,524 second doses and 18,006 additional doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,420 first doses, 17,208 second doses and 14,668 additional doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,800 first doses, 24,569 second doses and 20,985 additional doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 119 first doses, three second doses and zero additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 88,451 first doses, 113,267 second doses and 109,455 additional doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,414 first doses, 9540 second doses and 6497 additional doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 374,732 first doses, 343,255 second doses and 93,618 additional doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 7086 new cases province-wide. There have been 963,693 total cases in Ontario.