COVID-19: Death from virus reported in Halton

A death from COVID-19 has been reported by the Halton Region.

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show an additional death in the totals. The death appears to have been an Oakville resident, giving the town 69 deaths from the virus. Burlington remains at 70, Halton Hills at 58, and Milton at 46. Halton is now at 243 deaths total from COVID-19. This is the first death from the virus in Halton in almost a month.

Across Halton, there are 31 new cases since Friday. The total number of cases is up to 19,837. With 19,524 resolved cases and 243 deaths, Halton is at 70 active cases, 13 less than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,837 total cases, 19,142 were confirmed positive while 695 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have three new cases. That keeps us at 6332 total cases. With 6276 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 10 active cases, eight cases less than Friday’s update. The Region says that of the 6332 total cases, 6090 were confirmed positive while 242 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6626 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2250 total variant cases.

There’s an outbreak being reported at a Milton workplace. It’s listed on the Halton Region webpage as ‘Workplace – 162’. There are eight total cases being reported – one is a Halton case, seven are considered non-Halton cases. It was first declared on Thursday, October 14th.

Two outbreaks in Milton have been declared closed:

The Halton Region has closed the reported outbreak at Anne J. Macarthur Public School. The outbreak was first declared on Tuesday, October 12th. There were two cases being reported, both being considered ‘Halton’ cases, meaning the residents were from Halton. It officially closed on Friday, October 22nd.

The outbreak at St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School has also been closed. There were two cases being reported, the minimum for what is considered an outbreak. The outbreak was first declared on Wednesday, October 13th. It was officially closed on Friday, October 22nd.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 888,410 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 796,742 of the doses were to Halton residents.

451,512 second doses have been administered in Halton. 403,294 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,044 first doses and 46,344 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,011 first doses and 42,540 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,670 first doses and 26,787 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,060 first doses and 30,617 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,480 first doses and 35,452 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,752 first doses and 38,252 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,078 first doses and 39,765 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,073 first doses and 38,097 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,504 first doses and 35,400 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,940 first doses and 28,667 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,397 first doses and 24,444 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,906 first doses and 22,330 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,296 first doses and 17,091 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,702 first doses and 24,443 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 1,985 first doses and 1283 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 78,477 first doses and 103,749 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,888 first doses and 10,096 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 344,533 first doses and 337,667 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

The Halton Region says that out of the 463,458 Halton residents who are immunized with two doses of the COVID-19, 0.13% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination. For Milton, there are 96,857 fully immunized residents – 0.13% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 326 new cases province-wide. There have been 597,841 total cases in Ontario.