Oakville Coronavirus August 12th Update

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This is the Oakville Coronavirus August 12th Update. Oakville reports no new cases and one recovery - the only one in Halton today. Ontario hospital numbers keep fluctuating. Quebec reports its two week backlog of recovered cases, adding more than 2,000 to Canada's total.

Note: New Oakville figures are released Monday to Friday, while Ontario and Global updates also come Saturdays.

Oakville Coronavirus August 12th Update

  • Halton public school students have until Aug. 17th to confirm enrolment Halton's school boards release the back to school plans: HDSB & HCDSB

Status of COVID-19 Cases in Oakville

Plus or minus figures are from the last Oakville News update, August 11, 2020. Case information released on August 12, 2020 at 12:30 PM for the end of day of August 11, 2020.

  • Confirmed cases in Oakville is 280 - no change
  • Past probable cases in Oakville is 28 - no change
  • Confirmed and probable cases total is 308 - no change
  • Total Deaths: 3 - no change
  • Recoveries: 294 (95.4% of all cases) - plus 1
  • Completed cases (recoveries+deaths): 297 (96.5% of cases)
  • No cases in OTMH - no change
  • 11 possible active cases - minus 1

Status in Halton:

  • 930 total cases (confirmed and probable) -  no change
  • 881 recovered cases (94.7% of all cases, see note below) - plus 1
  • 25 deaths (12 related to institutions - 48%) - no change
  • 24 active cases - minus 1

Note: Halton Region's counted recoveries are combined into one number with probable, now resolved cases. This number includes some cases that were not recoveries from COVID-19.

Ontario COVID-19 Update

  • With Windsor's start, all of Ontario is now in Stage 3
  • Provincial hospitalization numbers still fluctuating

  • Eleven patients are discharged from hospital today after yesterday's exact eleven new admissions
  • Approximately 900 active cases remain in the province

Status of COVID-19 Cases in Ontario

Plus or minus figures are tabulated from yesterday's figures. Information released as of August 11, 2020 at 9:45 AM for the end of day August 10, 2020.

  • 40,289 confirmed cases - plus 95
  • 36,590 recovered cases, 90.8% of all cases - plus 134
  • 2,787 deaths, 6.9% of those confirmed cases -  plus 1
  • 39,377 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 97.7%
  • 24,572 tests performed
  • 49 people hospitalized - minus 11
  • 20 people in ICU - minus 1
  • 10 people on Ventilators - minus 2

Summary of Institutional Outbreaks:

Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals

Canada and Global COVID-19 Update

  • Quebec reports its two week backlog of recoveries, adding 2,155 to the total
  • Canada's recovery rate is above 90% for the first time
  • Nationwide deaths reach 9,000
  • The United States' infections continue rising as the rate of infection slows down

  • USA averaging 50,000 new cases per day
  • Russia reaches 900,000 cases
  • Global deaths will surpass 750,000 people tomorrow

Status of COVID-19 Cases in Canada

Numbers are different from Oakville News' last update on August 11, 2020. Information released as of August 12, 2020 at 2:00 PM.

  • Confirmed and suspected cases is 120,633 - plus 212
  • 9,004 deaths - plus 13
  • 107,023 recoveries - plus 479
  • 116,027 resolved cases (96.2% of all cases)
  • Canada remains 24th on the global cases list

Figures Around the World:

  • Total number of cases Globally - 20.4 million

  • Deaths - 744,000+
  • Total United States cases - 5.17 million (25.3% worldwide)

  • Deaths - 165,000+ (22.2% worldwide) Top 3 states with most cases (per capita) are Louisiana, Florida and Arizona

Top five highest countries of infections and their case increase in last seven days:

  • United States - 5.17 million (+376,000)
  • Brazil - 3.1 million (+308,000)
  • India - 2.33 million (+421,000)
  • Russia - 900,000 (+36,000)
  • South Africa - 566,500 (+45,000)

The five most infectious countries (per 100,000) are Qatar, Bahrain, Chile, Panama and Kuwait. (The United States is 7th.)