This is Oakville's coronavirus update for Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. Active cases and hospitalizations are higher today in both Oakville and throughout Halton Region.
Halton has four more patients in ICU units today and both new COVID-19 deaths in Halton yesterday are from Oakville. Oakville also has a new outbreak today at an undisclosed congregate living facility.
Premier Doug Ford announced a rolling timeline for reopening businesses in Ontario today, beginning with some (including restaurants) opening at 50% capacity starting Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. He also announced a three-part plan to lift most remaining measures currently in place by mid-March this year.
Hospitalizations in Ontario are down again after Tuesday's record number, but ICU admissions and patients on ventilators are both up for the third day in a row. Those who are fully vaccinated represent nearly 79% of Ontario's population, but less than one-third of those in the ICU with coronavirus.
Active COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada have gone up every day so far this week and now above 10,500 people for the first time ever. Cumulative recoveries in Canada surpass 2.5 million people.
English Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his country will begin rolling back COVID-19 all restrictions in the next two months, with Spain also making a similar announcement today.
**Vaccine booking: Halton continues to book first and second-dose vaccinations for all residents age five and older, plus third-dose boosters for all adults age 18 and up.
Parents must make booster doses and appointments for children in advance, but first and second doses for those 12 and up are available on a walk-in basis.
All vaccines approved for use in Canada effectively protect you against COVID-19 and all known variants of concern.
Oakville and Halton COVID-19 update
- Active cases and hospitalizations are higher today in both Oakville and across Halton
- Halton has four more patients in ICU units today
- Both COVID-19 deaths in Halton yesterday are from Oakville
- Oakville has a new outbreak today at a congregate living facility
- Testing positivity is above 25% throughout Halton Region
Summary of Oakville vaccinations
- 75% of all Oakville residents are fully vaccinated
- 81% of all Oakville have received at least one dose
Changes in figures are since the Oakville News update on Jan. 19, 2022.
- 512 active cases - plus 4
- 66 patients at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital - plus 2
- 12,703 total cases (confirmed and probable) - plus 122
- 77 deaths - no change
- 12,114 recoveries - plus 118
- 12,191 completed (recoveries+deaths) cases - 95.9% of cases
- 16 active outbreaks - plus 1
Status in Halton
- 77% of all Halton residents are fully vaccinated
- 83% of all residents have received at least one dose
- 222,734 booster doses have been administered in Halton
- At least 1.16 million total vaccinations were administered - plus 6,665
Changes in figures are since the Oakville News update on Jan. 19, 2022 or taken from provincial epidemiological reports.
- 1,492 active cases - plus 18
- 129 patients in hospitals across Halton - plus 7
- 22 patients in the ICU - plus 4
- 38,953 total cases (confirmed+probable) - plus 413
- 274 deaths - plus 1
- 37,187 recoveries cases - plus 394
- 37,461 completed (resolved+deaths) cases - 96.1% of cases
- 47 active outbreaks - plus 6
Note: Halton Region combines its recovery count into one number with probable, now closed cases. This total includes some cases that were not coronavirus recoveries. Halton Region does not release the names of businesses with active outbreaks.
Ontario COVID-19 update
- Premier Doug Ford announces a rolling timeline for reopening businesses, beginning with some (including restaurants) opening at 50% capacity starting Mon. Jan. 31, 2022
- Hospitalizations in Ontario are down again after Tuesday's record number, but ICU admissions and patients on ventilators are both up for the third day in a row
- Active cases are also down today, still driven by low access to PCR testing
- Applications are now open for the new Ontario Business Costs Rebate program
- Minister of Health Christine Elliot is asking for more oversight on a small group doctors spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines
- 81.96% of all eligible Ontarians (age five and older) are fully vaccinated
A list of "modified step 2" rules and regulations are in effect for Ontario until Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. The complete list of these measures can be read at this Oakville News story by clicking here.
Summary of provincial vaccinations
- 12.40 million people have received at least one vaccine dose (83.67% of total pop.)
- At least 11.58 million people are fully vaccinated (78.04% of total pop.)
- 29.76 million vaccine doses administered (first, second and third)
Changes are from figures in our last update. The province released this information on Jan. 20, 2022, as of the end of yesterday.
Note: As directly quoted by the province of Ontario, "Case counts are an underestimate of the true number of individuals with COVID-19 in Ontario." This is "due to changes in the availability of testing [effective Dec. 31, 2021] driven by...the Omicron variant."
Listed below are only the reported figures from the province and do not include all known active cases. Known active cases are no longer a reliable indicator of COVID-19's spread given restrictions to testing access.
- 79,370 active cases - minus 4,896
- 4,061 people hospitalized - minus 71
- 977,194 confirmed cases - plus 7,757
- 887,023 recovered cases - plus 12,578
- 10,801 deaths - plus 75
- 887,824 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 90.9%
- 42,907 tests were conducted with a positive rate of 15.9%
- 594 people in ICU - plus 5
- 347 people on ventilators - plus 6
- 970 active institutional outbreaks (with 29 new outbreaks) - minus 11
Note: institutional outbreaks count only hospitals, retirement homes and long-term care homes.
As of Dec. 31, 2021, Ontario stopped reporting new confirmation numbers on how many cases are testing as a variant of concern, including the Omicron variant.
Canadian and Global COVID-19 updates
- Active COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada are above 10,000 people for the first time
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says "antiviral treatments won't make up for low vaccination rate among children" in Canada
- More than 1,600 volunteers sign up to aid the pandemic effort in Nw Brunswick one day after the request was made
- Cumulative recoveries in Canada surpass 2.5 million people
- English Prime Minister Boris Johnson says England will begin rolling back COVID-19 all restrictions
- Spain is preparing to start treating COVID-19 response "like the flu"
Summary of national vaccinations in Canada
- 32.16 million people have received at least one vaccine dose (84.09% of total pop.)
- At least 29.72 million people are fully vaccinated (77.72% of total pop.)
- 75.05 million total doses administered - plus 343,500
- 13.16 million booster doses administered
Changes in figures are since the Oakville News update on Jan. 19, 2022. With the high number of cases nationwide and globally, all numbers are approximate (within 0.1% of the total.)
- 317,368 active cases - minus 7,612
- 10,583 active hospitalizations - plus 45
- 2.86 million confirmed cases to date
- 2.51 million recoveries
- 32,194 deaths - plus 107
- Ranked 84th in global deaths per capita at 83.16 per 100,000 people
U.S. COVID-19 Update
- 68.76 million cumulative cases
- 856,288 deaths - plus 5,713
- 63.2% of the total population is fully vaccinated
- Ranked 21st in global deaths per capita at 257.78 per 100,000 people
World COVID-19 Update
- 336.79 million cases - plus 3.77 million
- 5.56 million people have died worldwide
- At least 9.79 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide (source: Our World Data)
- Only 9.4% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose
The evidence is clear: vaccination is the best way to be protected. Local, provincial, national and international health units all affirm the same data that Canada's approved vaccines effectively protect you from COVID-19 and significantly reduce your risks of getting sick, going to the hospital, and dying from the disease.
Pictured right is a graph from the Halton region showing how dramatically your risk of getting sick or being admitted to hospital is when vaccinated.
Sources:
- Halton Region (and halton.ca/covid19)
- Halton Healthcare
- Joseph Brant Hospital
- HDSB COVID Advisory Page
- The Government of Ontario dashboard
- Public Health Ontario COVID-19 Data Tool
- Government of Canada
- COVID-19 Vaccination Tracker Canada
- The U.S. Centre for Disease Control
- Our World in Data
- Johns Hopkins University Research Centre
- World Health Organization