COVID-19: New cases drop in Halton and across Ontario

We saw a dip in new cases for Halton and Ontario for Tuesday, May 4th.

Across Halton, there are 119 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 15,582. With 14,512 resolved cases and 213 deaths, Halton is now at 857 active cases – 16 less than Monday’s count. The Region says that of the 15,582 total cases, 15,066 were confirmed positive while 516 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 39 new cases. That brings us to 5087 total cases. With 4749 resolved cases and 41 deaths, Milton is at 297 active cases – four less than Monday’s number. The Region says that of the 5087 total cases, 4900 were confirmed positive while 187 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 4037 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 1456 total variant cases.

The Halton Region is also noting vaccination numbers. A total of 211,065 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 184,605 of the doses were to Halton residents.

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

5758 doses have been administered to people aged 16-24;
6190 doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
6795 doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
8227 doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
14,102 doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
15,425 doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
15,867 doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
21,677 doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
25,359 doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
23,572 doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
22,037 doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
17,228 doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
28,812 doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
16 doses have been administered to people that are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

30,760 doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
19,521 doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
160,784 doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 2791 new cases province-wide. There have been 476,692 total cases in Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 3, 2021
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	476,692	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	2,791	0.6% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	432,109	90.6
Change from previous report	3,323	0.8% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	15,174	3.2
Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}associated with long-term care outbreaks	6,977	1.5
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	8,143	1.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	3,928	48.2
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	10	0.1

Summary of confirmed variant of concern (VOC) cases: Ontario, up to May 3, 2021
Variant	Cases
Lineage B.1.1.7 (UK variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	77,649
Lineage B.1.351 (South African variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	309
Lineage P.1 (Brazilian variant)^{footnote 8[8]}	971

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 3, 2021
Case characteristics	Number
Male	236,751
Female	236,276
19 and under	73,793
20-39	176,202
40-59	137,578
60-79	65,287
80 and over	23,720

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 3, 2021
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 9[9]}	14,264,861
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 10[10]}	33,740
Currently under investigation^{footnote 11[11]}	25,049

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to May 3, 2021
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 12[12]}	2,167
Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 14[14]}	886
Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	820
Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	66
Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness^{footnote 13[13]}^{footnote 15[15]}	609
Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19^{footnote 13[13]}	572
Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID^{footnote 13[13]}	37

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