COVID-19: Active cases dip across Halton

Active cases across Halton took a dip for Wednesday, August 25th.

Around the region, there are 12 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 18,623. With 18,248 resolved cases and 237 deaths, Halton is now at 138 active cases, ten less than Tuesday’s update. The Region says that of the 18,623 total cases, 17,999 were confirmed positive while 624 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have three new cases. That brings us to 6034 total cases. With 5945 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 43 active cases, one more than Tuesday’s update. The Region says that of the 6034 total cases, 5813 were confirmed positive while 221 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6214 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2139 total variant cases.

There is an outbreak in Milton that 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.

A second outbreak in Milton was declared on Monday, August 23rd. It is labelled as ‘Workplace – 154’. There are two reported cases. Both are considered ‘non-Halton’ cases, meaning they are not Halton residents.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 831,887 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 750,342 of the doses were to Halton residents.

415,594 second doses have been administered in Halton. 373,336 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 35,307 first doses and 39,378 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 36,297 first doses and 37,661 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 23,530 first doses and 23,146 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 28,001 first doses and 27,090 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 32,457 first doses and 32,142 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 35,035 first doses and 35,251 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 36,567 first doses and 36,944 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 35,753 first doses and 35,780 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 34,560 first doses and 33,685 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,322 first doses and 27,660 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,026 first doses and 23,881 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,685 first doses and 21,961 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,136 first doses and 16,847 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,562 first doses and 24,156 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 1,055 first doses and 12 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 65,610 first doses and 84,156 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,888 first doses and 10,258 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 336,795 first doses and 321,180 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

The Halton Region says that out of the 427,665 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.05% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 87,561 fully immunized residents. 0.05% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including roughly 660 new cases province-wide. There have been 561,297 total cases in Ontario.