COVID-19: Death in Halton from virus

A Halton resident has reportedly died from COVID-19.

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show an additional death in the totals. The death appears to have been an Burlington resident, giving the city 71 deaths from the virus. Oakville remains at 69, Halton Hills at 58, and Milton at 47. Halton is now at 245 deaths total from COVID-19.

Across Halton, there are 49 new cases. The total number of cases is up to 20,818. With 20,315 resolved cases and 245 deaths, Halton is at 258 active cases, 22 more than Friday. The Region says that of the 20,818 total cases, 20,091 were confirmed positive while 727 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 24 new cases. That brings us to 6643 total cases. With 6508 resolved cases and 47 deaths, Milton is at 88 active cases, 18 more than Thursday’s update. The Region says that of the 6643 total cases, 6388 were confirmed positive while 255 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 7888 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 2558 total variant cases.

An outbreak has been declared at a congregate living facility. It is labelled only as ‘Congregate Living – 80’ on the Halton Region outbreak webpage. There are 83 cases being reported – 29 are non-Halton cases, 50 are residents, two are staff cases, and two cases that aren’t specified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 915,234 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 819,754 of the doses were to Halton residents.

461,492 second doses have been administered in Halton. 411,126 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 39,969 first doses and 48,214 second doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,505 first doses and 43,725 second doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,139 first doses and 27,808 second doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,540 first doses and 31,727 second doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 34,947 first doses and 36,462 second doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,138 first doses and 39,131 second doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,435 first doses and 40,510 second doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,415 first doses and 38,778 second doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,752 first doses and 35,909 second doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,091 first doses and 29,004 second doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,479 first doses and 24,646 second doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 22,967 first doses and 22,473 second doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,340 first doses and 17,174 second doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,737 first doses and 24,530 second doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 14,288 first doses and 1401 second doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 84,609 first doses and 110,959 second doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,877 first doses and 10,107 second doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 355,256 first doses and 340,426 second doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 1290 new cases province-wide. There have been 627,611 total cases in Ontario.