COVID-19: 23 new cases across Halton, six in Milton

The Halton Region has updated its COVID-19 stats for Thursday, August 19th.

Across Halton, there are 23 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 18,492. With 18,131 resolved cases and 237 deaths, Halton is now at 124 active cases, seven more than Wednesday’s update. The Region says that of the 18,492 total cases, 17,879 were confirmed positive while 613 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have six new cases. That brings us to 5998 total cases. With 5920 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 32 active cases, the same as Wednesday’s update. The Region says that of the 5998 total cases, 5779 were confirmed positive while 219 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. However, the variant numbers on the Halton Region COVID-19 dashboard have been suspended due to an ongoing update of the provincial CCM system.

An outbreak at a day camp has been declared in Milton (labelled as ‘Day Camp – 1’). It was first declared on Monday, August 9th. There are 12 reported cases. All 12 are considered Halton cases, which means the residents are from Halton.

Another outbreak has been declared in Milton. It was first declared on August 10th. This one is labelled as ‘Health & Wellness – 2’. There are two reported cases. Both are considered Halton cases.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 823,094 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 742,492 of the doses were to Halton residents.

409,597 second doses have been administered in Halton. 367,955 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 34,837 first doses and 38,026 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 35,992 first doses and 36,848 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 23,343 first doses and 22,629 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 27,786 first doses and 26,524 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 32,236 first doses and 31,583 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 34,887 first doses and 34,713 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 36,409 first doses and 36,418 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 35,625 first doses and 35,394 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 34,442 first doses and 33,397 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,272 first doses and 27,486 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 24,997 first doses and 23,760 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,658 first doses and 21,892 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,125 first doses and 16,798 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,554 first doses and 24,118 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 334 first doses and 11 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 64,180 first doses and 82,648 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,774 first doses and 10,202 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 335,543 first doses and 316,747 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including roughly 531 new cases province-wide. There have been 557,451 total cases in Ontario.