While today’s number is high, it’s not AS bad as it looks.
Across Halton, there are 66 new cases coming out of the weekend. That’s a 22 case per day average, about what we saw all last week. The total number of cases is up to 18,581. With 18,209 resolved cases and 237 deaths, Halton is now at 135 active cases, 14 more than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 18,581 total cases, 17,961 were confirmed positive while 620 were considered probable cases.
In Milton, we have 20 new cases. That brings us to 6022 total cases. That’s just under seven cases per day, slightly more than what we saw last week. With 5939 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 37 active cases, ten more than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 6022 total cases, 5801 were confirmed positive while 221 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 in Milton has officially been closed. It was originally labelled as ‘Day Camp – 1’. It was first declared on Monday, August 9th. There were 12 reported cases. All 12 were considered Halton cases, which means the residents are from Halton. The outbreak was officially closed on Friday, August 20th.
That leaves us with currently just one outbreak 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. It could close by tomorrow pending any new cases.
Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 828,487 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 747,265 of the doses were to Halton residents.
413,222 second doses have been administered in Halton. 371,176 of those have been Halton residents.
Here’s a breakdown on ages of those receiving doses:
- 35,104 first doses and 38,760 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
- 36,162 first doses and 37,329 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
- 23,459 first doses and 22,957 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
- 27,915 first doses and 26,902 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
- 32,361 first doses and 31,956 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
- 34,981 first doses and 35,056 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
- 36,514 first doses and 36,724 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
- 35,703 first doses and 35,628 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
- 34,524 first doses and 33,589 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
- 28,310 first doses and 27,596 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
- 25,011 first doses and 23,829 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
- 22,678 first doses and 21,928 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
- 17,131 first doses and 16,824 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
- 24,558 first doses and 24,133 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
- 854 first doses and 11 second doses are pending.
The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:
- 65,100 first doses and 83,634 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
- 13,888 first doses and 10,257 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
- 336,277 first doses and 319,331 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.
Below are the numbers for Ontario, including roughly 639 new cases province-wide. There have been 560,151 total cases in Ontario.
| Severity | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cases footnote 1 | 560,151 | N/A |
| Change from previous report (new cases) | 639 | 0.1% increase |
| Resolved footnote 2 | 545,572 | 97.4 |
| Change from previous report | 502 | 0.1% increase |
| Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents footnote 3 footnote 4 footnote 5 | 15,421 | 2.8 |
| Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 associated with long-term care outbreaks | 7,232 | 1.3 |
| Total number of deaths footnote 7 | 9,453 | 1.7 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for residents in long-term care homes footnote 4 footnote 5 footnote 6 | 3,974 | 42.0 |
| Deaths footnote 7 reported for health care workers footnote 5 footnote 6 footnote 2 in long-term care homes | 10 | 0.1 |
| Variant | Cases |
|---|---|
| Due to ongoing system upgrades, variant of concern data is currently unavailable. |
| Case characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 279,265 |
| Female | 277,132 |
| 0-4 | 15,110 |
| 5-11 | 26,589 |
| 12-19 | 49,619 |
| 20-39 | 210,945 |
| 40-59 | 158,789 |
| 60-79 | 73,665 |
| 80 and over | 25,334 |
| Testing | Number |
|---|---|
| Total tests completed footnote 9 | 17,037,313 |
| Total tests completed in the previous day footnote 10 | 19,866 |
| Currently under investigation footnote 11 | 7,322 |
| Hospitalizations | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 footnote 12 | 204 As we often observe on weekends, more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census. We anticipate the number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases. |
| Total patients in ICU due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 14 | 151 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU, testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 121 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU due to COVID, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 30 |
| Total patients in ICU on a ventilator due to COVID-related critical illness footnote 13 footnote 15 | 82 |
| Number of patients currently in ICU on a ventilator with COVID-19 footnote 13 | 64 |
| Patients in ICU due to COVID on a ventilator, no longer testing positive for COVID footnote 13 | 18 |
