Coronavirus
This is the Oakville Coronavirus August 21st Update. Oakville reaches 300 recoveries. There are no new cases in town, but there are 5 new cases in Halton Region.
New cases in Ontario are outpacing recoveries again. Canada extends the CERB. USA daily cases drop below 50,000.
Note: New Oakville figures are released Monday to Friday, while Ontario and Global updates also come Saturdays.
Oakville Coronavirus August 21st Update
- Oakville reaches 300 total recoveries
- A maximum of nine active cases remain
- Halton region is no longer providing timestamps on their daily updates
- All info tables are also now interactive graphs
- New deadline for HDSB Intent to Return surveys is this Sunday, August 23
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Oakville
Plus or minus figures are from the last Oakville News update, August 20, 2020. Case information released on August 21, 2020 for end of day yesterday.
- Confirmed cases in Oakville is 283 - no change
- Past probable cases in Oakville is 29 - no change
- Confirmed and probable cases total is 312 - no change
- Total Deaths: 3 - no change
- Recoveries: 300 (96.2% of all cases) - plus 1
- Completed cases (recoveries+deaths): 303 (97.1% of cases)
- No cases in OTMH - no change
- 9 possible active cases - minus 1
Status in Halton:
- 952 total cases (confirmed and probable) - plus 5
- 896 recovered cases (94.1% of all cases) - plus 3
- 25 deaths (12 related to institutions - 48%) - no change
- 31 active cases - plus 2
- Zero cases in hospital
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.
Ontario COVID-19 Update
- Ontario has more new cases than recoveries again
- Today's data includes some past, missed cases 70% of new cases are in Ottawa, Toronto and Brampton
- Provincial and Federal governments partner to expand N95 respirator factory in Brockville
- Recent reports show a infections in men are up 10-15%
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Ontario
Plus or minus figures are tabulated from yesterday's figures. Information released as of August 21, 2020 for the end of day August 20, 2020.
- 41,179 confirmed cases - plus 131
- 37,397 recovered cases, 90.8% of all cases - plus 106
- 2,796 deaths, 6.8% of those confirmed cases - plus 3
- 40,193 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 97.6%
- 19,941 completed tests
- 35 people hospitalized - no change
- 13 people in ICU - minus 2
- 7 people on ventilators - minus 1
Summary of Institutional Outbreaks:
Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals
- 682 total outbreaks reported - no change
- 24 active, ongoing outbreaks - no change
Canada and Global COVID-19 Update
- Canada reaches 110,000 recoveries
- Country's total case count should reach 125,000 by Sunday
- Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announces a CERB extension
- The United States' daily case numbers fall below 50,000 for first time since June
- Brazil surpasses 3.5 million cases
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Canada
Numbers are different from Oakville News' last update on August 20, 2020. Information released as of August 21, 2020 at 2:00 PM.
- Confirmed and suspected cases is 124,099 - plus 226
- 4,555 active cases (3.8% of all cases)
- 9,060 deaths - plus 9
- 110,484 recoveries - plus 426
- 119,324 resolved cases (96.2% of all cases)
- Canada remains 24th on the global cases list
Figures Around the World:
- Total number Global of cases - 22.75 million
- Deaths - 794,500+
- Total United States cases - 5.6 million (24.6% worldwide)
- Deaths - 174,500+ (22.0% worldwide) The top three states with growing cases are California, Texas and Florida
Top five highest countries of infections and their case increase in last seven days:
- United States - 5.6 million (+325,000)
- Brazil - 3.5 million (+277,000)
- India - 2.9 million (+444,500)
- Russia - 945,000 (+34,000)
- South Africa - 600,000 (+27,000)
The five countries with most recent infections are India, USA, Brazil, Columbia and Peru.
