Photo: Robert Peace
Downtown Poakville
This is the Oakville Coronavirus August 13th Update. Oakville reports one new case and Halton has five more in all with no recoveries. All of Ontario is in Stage 3 and Canada's active cases have dropped every day this week. Global deaths reach over 750,000.
Note: New Oakville figures are released Monday to Friday, while Ontario and Global updates also come Saturdays.
Oakville Coronavirus August 13th Update
- One new case reported and one recovery is reversed in Oakville today
- Oakville issues new parking fines to combat overcrowding at downtown parks
- The town is receiving nearly $7 in pandemic funding
- Schools and boards prepare for a September opening
- 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 12, 2020. Case information released on August 13, 2020 at 12:30 PM for the end of day of August 12, 2020.
- Confirmed cases in Oakville is 281 - plus 1
- Past probable cases in Oakville is 28 - no change
- Confirmed and probable cases total is 309 - plus 1
- Total Deaths: 3 - no change
- Recoveries: 293 (94.8% of all cases) - minus 1
- Completed cases (recoveries+deaths): 296 (96.5% of cases)
- No cases in OTMH - no change
- 13 possible active cases - plus 2
Status in Halton:
- 935 total cases (confirmed and probable) - plus 5
- 880 recovered cases (94.1% of all cases, see note below) - minus 1
- 25 deaths (12 related to institutions - 48%) - no change
- 30 active cases - plus 6
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
- Ontario has less than 100 new cases again
- But also less than 100 recoveries today
- The province announces $83 million for funding non-profits and their COVID-19 recovery efforts
- With Windsor-Essex now in Stage 3 reopening, all of Ontario is now in Stage 3
- Ottawa and Peel regions only ones with 10+ new cases
- Toronto, however, only has 1 today and is believed to be underreporting for last 24 hours
- Provincial institutional outbreaks falls below 50
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.
- 40,367 confirmed cases - plus 78
- 36,689 recovered cases, 90.8% of all cases - plus 99
- 2,787 deaths, 6.9% of those confirmed cases - no change
- 39,476 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 97.7%
- 29,049 tests performed
- 43 people hospitalized - minus 6
- 20 people in ICU - no change
- 10 people on Ventilators - no change
Summary of Institutional Outbreaks:
Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals
- 677 total outbreaks reported - plus 1
- 49 active, ongoing outbreaks - minus 3
Canada and Global COVID-19 Update
- Canada's active cases have dropped every day this week
- Quebec's daily recoveries, after five months, finally outnumber new cases
- The United States' infections continue rising as the rate of infection slows down
- USA averaging 50,000 new cases per day
- Global deaths surpass 750,000
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Canada
Numbers are different from Oakville News' last update on August 12, 2020. Information released as of August 13, 2020 at 12:00 PM.
- Confirmed and suspected cases is 121,028 - plus 184
- 9,012 deaths - plus 8
- 107,419 recoveries - plus 392
- 116,431 resolved cases (96.2% of all cases)
- Canada remains 24th on the global cases list
Figures Around the World:
- Total number of cases Globally - 20.65 million
- Deaths - 750,000+
- Total United States cases - 5.22 million (25.3% worldwide)
- Deaths - 166,000+ (22.1% worldwide) Top 3 states with the fastest rising cases are Texas, Florida and Georgia
Top five highest countries of infections and their case increase in last seven days:
- United States - 5.22 million (+376,000)
- Brazil - 3.16 million (+305,000)
- India - 2.4 million (+430,000)
- Russia - 905,000 (+36,000)
- South Africa - 568,500 (+40,000)
The five most recent, infectious countries (per 100,000) are Aruba, Bahrain, Panama, Columbia and the Maldives. (Brazil is 6th and The United States is 9th.)