This is the Monday, December 7, 2020 coronavirus update. Oakville, Ontario holds steady as the number of new cases equals the number of recoveries. Thankfully, there are no deaths to report in town or the region. 50 percent of the province's deaths originate in LTC, and Canada's new cases numbers continues to climb. The PM announced that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will likely be approved, and doses should start arriving by the end of December.
Note: Oakville figures are updated seven days a week with Ontario and Global cases. Provincial school updates are released weekdays.
Oakville and Halton coronavirus cases update
Changes in figures are since the last Oakville News update, December 6, 2020. Sources are from end of yesterday.
- 1,404 confirmed cases - plus 13
- 66 probable cases - no change
- 1,470 total cases (confirmed and probable) - plus 13
- 97 active cases - no change
- 25 deaths - no change
- 1,348 recoveries (91.7% of all cases) - plus 13
- 1,373 completed (recoveries+deaths) cases - 93.4% of cases
- 6 outbreaks (6 institutional)
- 14 cases in OTMH - no change
Status in Halton
- 3,922 confirmed cases - plus 57
- 177 probable cases - plus 1
- 4,099 total cases (confirmed+probable) - plus 57
- 373 active cases - plus 5
- 72 deaths - no change
- 3,654 recoveries (89.1% of all cases) - plus 52
- 3,726 completed (recoveries+deaths) cases - 90.9% of cases
- 14 institutional/school outbreaks - no change
- 37 cases in hospital - no change
Note: Halton Region's recovery count is combined into one number with probable, now closed cases. This total includes some cases that were not coronavirus recoveries.
Local school coronavirus update
Oakville
- 9 cases
- 13 closed classrooms
Halton
- 32 cases
- 28 closed classrooms
Ontario coronavirus update
Changes are from yesterday’s figures. Information released as of December 6, 2020 for the end of day yesterday.
- 129,234 confirmed cases - plus 1,925
- 16,034 active cases - plus 487
- 109,402 recovered cases - plus 1,412
- 3,798 deaths - plus 26 (13 LTC residents)
- 113,200 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 87.5%
- 45,283 completed tests yesterday, positivity rate: 4%
- 725 people hospitalized - plus 24
- 213 people in ICU - plus 9
- 121 people on ventilators - plus 12
Summary of Institutional Outbreaks (Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals)
- 1,276 total outbreaks reported - plus 16
- 227 active, ongoing outbreaks - plus 4
Canada and Global coronavirus update
- Prime minister announces 249,000 Covid-19 vaccine does to arrive by end of December
Changes in Canadian and global figures are since the last Oakville News update, December 6, 2020. With the high number of cases nationwide and globally, all numbers are approximate (within 0.1% of the total.)
- 419,000+ confirmed and suspected cases
- 70,380+ active cases
- 12,720+ deaths - plus 113
- 335,900+ recoveries
- 348,620+ resolved cases (83.2% of all cases)
- Rolling average of daily new cases is 6,410
- Rolling average of daily deaths is 90
- Most infectious provinces per capita: Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario
- Deadliest provinces per capita: Quebec, Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta
United States coronavirus update
- 14.8 million total cases (21.6% worldwide) or 4,468 per 100K
- 282,000+ deaths (18.3% worldwide) or 85 per 100K
- Most infectious states capita: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska
- Deadliest states per capita: New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Louisiana
World coronavirus update
- 67.1 million cases globally
- At least 1.5 million deaths
- Most infectious countries per capita are: Andorra, Montenegro, Luxembourg, Bahrain, and San Marino
- Deadliest countries per capita are: Belgium, San Marino, Peru, Andorra, and Italy
