COVID-19: 38 new cases for Halton, nine in Milton

The Halton Region has released the latest COVID-19 stats for Halton and its four municipalities.

Across Halton, there were 38 new cases. That brings the total to 1841. There have been 1590 recoveries and 30 deaths. That puts Halton at 221 active cases.

In Milton, there were nine new reported cases. That means Milton has 432 total cases. There have been 381 recoveries and four deaths. That means we now have 47 active cases.

This morning, the Halton Region’s Medical Officer of Health issued a letter to the residents of Halton. Dr. Hamidah Meghani is urging people to continue following the medical guidelines issued in order to curve the spread of COVID-19 during the second wave. You can read more on her letter here.

Below are the numbers for Ontario.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to October 18, 2020
Severity	Number	Percentage
Number of cases^{footnote 1[1]}	65,075	N/A
Change from previous report (new cases)	704	1.1% increase
Resolved^{footnote 2[2]}	55,978	86.0
Change from previous report	607	1.1% increase
Subset of all cases that are reported to be long-term care residents^{footnote 3[3]}^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}	6,419	9.9
Subset of all cases that are reported as a health care worker^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}associated with long-term care outbreaks	2,755	4.2
Total number of deaths^{footnote 7[7]}	3,050	4.7
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for residents in long-term care homes^{footnote 4[4]}^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}	1,980	64.9
Deaths^{footnote 7[7]}reported for health care workers^{footnote 5[5]}^{footnote 6[6]}^{footnote 2[2]}in long-term care homes	8	0.3

Demographics – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to October 18, 2020
Case characteristics	Number
Male	31,172
Female	33,462
19 and under	6,303
20-39	23,378
40-59	18,547
60-79	9,970
80 and over	6,864

Testing – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to October 18, 2020
Testing	Number
Total tests completed^{footnote 8[8]}	4,690,277
Total tests completed in the previous day^{footnote 9[9]}	31,864
Currently under investigation^{footnote 10[10]}	16,303

Hospitalizations – Ontario, January 15, 2020 to October 18, 2020
Hospitalizations	Number
Number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19^{footnote 11[11]}	252 As we often observe on weekends, a number of hospitals (approximately 30) did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census for October 17. We anticipate the number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases.
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}	69
Number of patients currently in ICU^{footnote 12[12]}on a ventilator with COVID-19	40

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