COVID-19: 15 new cases across Halton, four in Milton

The latest COVID-19 numbers for Milton and Halton are available.

Across Halton, there are 15 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 19,852. With 19,534 resolved cases and 243 deaths, Halton is at 75 active cases, five more than Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 19,852 total cases, 19,158 were confirmed positive while 694 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have four new cases. That keeps us at 6336 total cases. With 6277 resolved cases and 46 deaths, Milton is at 13 active cases, three cases more than Monday’s update. The Region says that of the 6336 total cases, 6094 were confirmed positive while 242 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is detailing the number of COVID-19 variant cases. It says that 6628 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2251 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.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 888,808 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 797,044 of the doses were to Halton residents.

451,781 second doses have been administered in Halton. 403,499 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,065 first doses and 46,371 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,025 first doses and 42,583 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 25,683 first doses and 26,818 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,073 first doses and 30,653 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,492 first doses and 35,483 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 36,763 first doses and 38,288 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,084 first doses and 39,783 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,088 first doses and 38,105 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,510 first doses and 35,414 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 28,950 first doses and 28,675 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,403 first doses and 24,453 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,908 first doses and 22,332 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,296 first doses and 17,093 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,704 first doses and 24,446 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 1,983 first doses and 1284 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 78,607 first doses and 104,013 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;
• 344,532 first doses and 337,672 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

The Halton Region says that out of the 463,783 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 96,905 fully immunized residents – 0.13% of them have tested positive for the virus after vaccination.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 269 new cases province-wide. There have been 598,110 total cases in Ontario.