COVID-19: Death reported in Halton, 37 new cases in Milton over long weekend

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show an additional death in the totals. The death appears to be a Burlington resident, giving the city 117 deaths total. Oakville remains at 93 deaths total. Milton is at 63 deaths total. Halton Hills is at 66. Halton is now at 339 deaths total from COVID-19.

Across Halton, there are 139 new cases coming out of the long weekend. The total number of cases is up to 42,717. There have been 1,114 total hospitalizations in Halton.

In Milton, we had 37 new cases since Friday. That brings us to 11,953 total cases. There have been 274 total hospitalizations in Milton.

There are two active outbreaks in Milton:

• A congregate living facility labelled only as ‘Congregate Living – 86’. It was first declared on December 23rd.
• A congregate living facility labelled only as ‘Congregate Living – 118’. It was first declared on February 10th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 1,248,929 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 1,108,744 of the doses were to Halton residents.

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

• 57,848 total doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 94,817 total doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 104,405 total doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 67,385 total doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 78,655 total doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 91,728 total doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 98,703 total doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 103,721 total doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 104,665 total doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 99,718 total doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 84,383 total doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 72,194 total doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 66,014 total doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 51,063 total doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 73,483 total doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 147 total additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 342,381 total doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 31,231 total doses have been administered through other clinic settings;
• 875,317 total doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1282 new cases province-wide. There have been 1,090,101 total cases in Ontario.