June 4, 2022 coronavirus update for Oakville

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This is Oakville's coronavirus update for Saturday, June 4, 2022, with COVID-19 news from the last week. Other than a new outbreak in town and rising cases in other parts of Canada, there's a lot of improving metrics as the coronavirus threat continues to subside.

Oakville is reporting a new COVID-19 outbreak at Chartwell Waterford retirement home - on the fourth floor of the facility. All three other outbreaks that opened in Oakville last week are still ongoing, with more confirmed cases.

While hospitalizations in town were up for the third week in a row and Oakville reports no new deaths for the first time since March 2022. Vaccinations are also slightly up this week. As Oakville News reported last week, Halton Region has corrected a programming mistake that was underreporting the percentage of vaccinated residents in Oakville and across Halton.

18 months into local vaccination efforts, a cumulative 13 million Ontarians have received at least their first dose of vaccine and provincially known active cases are down by 20% this week. Ontario is also currently reporting its lowest ICU occupancy in almost a year.

Another change is coming soon: the Ontario government's mandatory mask wearing rule in hospitals, long-term care and public transit is set to expire June 11, 2022.

While down in Halton and Ontario, active cases nationally have gone up this week. More than 35 million Canadians have now received at least their first dose of vaccine, and a cumulative 60 million PCR COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Canada since the start of the pandemic. Global deaths near 6.3 million people.

Fully vaccinated travellers, regardless of citizenship, no longer need a negative COVID-19 test result to enter the country. While tests are no longer needed for fully vaccinated travellers (or those under age 4), proof of vaccination is still required for all air, train and cruise ship travel either arriving in or within the country's borders.

**Vaccine booking: Fourth doses (second booster doses) of vaccine are now available for anyone in Halton age 60 and up and any indigenous peoples and those in their household age 18 and up.

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.

First, second and third doses for those 12 and up are available on a walk-in basis throughout the Region. All vaccines approved for use in Canada effectively protect you against COVID-19 and all known variants of concern.

CLICK HERE to book a first, second, third or fourth vaccination appointment at a Halton Region vaccine clinic

Oakville and Halton COVID-19 update

Summary of Oakville vaccinations

  • 83% of all Oakville residents are fully vaccinated
  • 86% of all Oakville have received at least one dose

Changes in figures are since the Oakville News update on May 28, 2022.

  • 11 patients at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital - plus 2
  • 16,531 total cases in Oakville (confirmed and probable) - plus 72
  • 107 deaths - no change
  • 5 active outbreaks - no change

Status in Halton

  • 84% of all Halton residents are fully vaccinated
  • 87% of all residents have received at least one dose
  • More than 1.33 million total vaccinations have been administered
  • 61% of the population has received three or more doses

Changes in figures are since the Oakville News update on May 28, 2022 or taken from provincial epidemiological reports.

  • 20 patients in hospitals across Halton - plus 4
  • 49,988 total cases (confirmed+probable) - plus 209
  • 378 deaths - plus 3
  • 8 active outbreaks - minus 3

Note: As of Feb. 12, 2022, Halton Region is no longer reporting the number of active cases, new recoveries, or people currently in the ICU. Halton Region does not release the names of businesses with active outbreaks.

Ontario COVID-19 update

Summary of provincial vaccinations 

  • 13.00 million people have received at least one vaccine dose (87.71% of total pop.)
  • At least 12.20 million people are fully vaccinated (82.31% of total pop.)
  • 8.17 million people have received a third dose (49.74% of total pop.)
  • 33.37 million vaccine doses administered (first, second and third)

Changes are from figures in our last update. The province released this information on June 4, 2022, as of the end of day yesterday.

Note: 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. 

  • 9,221 active cases - minus 2,364
  • 671 people hospitalized - minus 194
  • Over 1.30 million confirmed cases
  • Over 1.28 million recovered cases
  • 13,285 deaths - plus 62
  • Over 1.29 million resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 99.5%
  • 107 people in ICU - minus 37
  • 53 people on ventilators - minus 16
  • 164 active institutional outbreaks - minus 79

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

Summary of national vaccinations in Canada

  • 35.42 million people have received at least one vaccine dose (86.46% of total pop.)
  • At least 31.40 million people are fully vaccinated (82.10% of total pop.)
  • 85.51 million total doses administered - plus 270,000
  • 18.69 million booster doses administered (48.87% of total pop.)

Changes in figures are since the Oakville News update on May 28, 2022. With the high number of cases nationwide and globally, all numbers are approximate (within 0.1% of the total.)

  • 294,677 active cases - plus 34,387
  • 5,107 active hospitalizations - minus 495

U.S. COVID-19 Update

  • 84.56 million cumulative cases - plus 850,000
  • 1,003,803 deaths - plus 1,490
  • 66.7% of the total population is fully vaccinated
  • 82.8% of the eligible population has at least one dose
  • Ranked 18th in global deaths per capita at 304.66 per 100,000 people

World COVID-19 Update

  • 528.81 million cases to date - plus 3.35 million
  • 6.29 million people have died worldwide
  • At least 11.82 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide (source: Our World Data)
  • Only 16.2% 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.

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