COVID-19: Four deaths around Halton, outbreak reported at Milton retirement home

Four Halton residents have reportedly died from COVID-19, including a Milton resident.

The latest COVID-19 stats from the Halton Region show four additional deaths in the totals. Three of the deaths appear to have been Oakville residents, giving the town now 72 deaths. The fourth death is a Milton resident, giving our town 49 deaths total. Burlington remains at 71 and Halton Hills at 58. Halton is now at 250 deaths total from COVID-19.

Across Halton, there are 836 new cases today. The total number of cases is up to 32,522. With 28,121 resolved cases and 250 deaths, Halton is at 4151 active cases, 99 less than Thursday. The Region says that of the 32,522 total cases, 31,742 were confirmed positive while 780 were considered probable cases.

In Milton, we have 214 new cases. That brings us to 9225 total cases. With 8218 resolved cases and 49 deaths, Milton is at 958 active cases, 33 less than Thursday’s update. The Region says that of the 9225 total cases, 8956 were confirmed positive while 269 were considered probable cases.

The Halton Region is reporting variant case totals. It says that 11,825 total variant cases have been found in Halton. Milton has reportedly had 3447 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 111 cases being reported – 43 are non-Halton cases, 64 are residents, two are staff cases, and two unspecified. It was first declared on Thursday, November 4th.

Another outbreak is now at the Seasons Milton Retirement Communities. It was first declared on Wednesday, January 5th. There is just one case currently being reported – it is a staff member. We’ll update you should more cases be made public.

Halton currently has 54 hospitalized residents. Nine of them are from Milton.

Looking at vaccination numbers, a total of 1,093,656 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Halton. 972,972 of the doses were to Halton residents.

464,695 second doses have been administered in Halton. 412,889 of those have been Halton residents.

154,569 additional doses have been administered in Halton. 133,266 of those have been Halton residents.

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

• 32,645 first doses, 1939 second doses and 0 additional doses have been administered to people aged 5-11;
• 40,334 first doses, 48,726 second doses and 386 additional doses have been administered to people aged 12-17;
• 39,785 first doses, 44,116 second doses and 7653 additional doses have been administered to people aged 18-24;
• 26,354 first doses, 28,078 second doses and 4907 additional doses have been administered to people aged 25-29;
• 30,754 first doses, 32,000 second doses and 5918 additional doses have been administered to people aged 30-34;
• 35,143 first doses, 36,716 second doses and 7715 additional doses have been administered to people aged 35-39;
• 37,290 first doses, 39,343 second doses and 8818 additional doses have been administered to people aged 40-44;
• 38,577 first doses, 40,680 second doses and 10,347 additional doses have been administered to people aged 45-49;
• 37,538 first doses, 38,965 second doses and 14,559 additional doses have been administered to people aged 50-54;
• 35,868 first doses, 36,057 second doses and 15,639 additional doses have been administered to people aged 55-59;
• 29,196 first doses, 29,107 second doses and 16,166 additional doses have been administered to people aged 60-64;
• 25,583 first doses, 24,699 second doses and 14,291 additional doses have been administered to people aged 65-69;
• 23,041 first doses, 22,505 second doses and 15,941 additional doses have been administered to people aged 70-74;
• 17,391 first doses, 17,200 second doses and 13,117 additional doses have been administered to people aged 75-79;
• 24,777 first doses, 24,560 second doses and 19,112 additional doses have been administered to people aged 80+; and,
• 116 first doses, four second doses and zero additional doses are pending.

The following is where the vaccine doses have been administered:

• 87,367 first doses, 112,202 second doses and 83,521 additional doses have been administered through pharmacies and physicians’ offices;
• 13,927 first doses, 10,172 second doses and 7031 additional doses have been administered through the Halton Region Public Health and Paramedic Mobile Teams;
• 373,098 first doses, 342,321 second doses and 64,017 additional doses have been administered through community and hospital-based clinics.

Below are the numbers for Ontario, including 11,899 new cases province-wide. There have been 853,270 total cases in Ontario.