Christopher Dias
Bronte Harbour
This is the Oakville Coronavirus August 31st Update. New cases continue to surpass recoveries locally, regionally, provincially, and nationally. A patient is being treated at OTMH for the first time in weeks, and the Halton Catholic District School Board delays the new school year start date.
Note: New Oakville figures are released Monday to Friday, while Ontario and Global updates also come Saturdays.
Oakville Coronavirus August 31st Update
- Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is treating one COVID-19 patient for the first time in weeks
- New cases continue to surpass recoveries
- Halton Catholic District School Board delays start of school year
- Halton District School Board delays the start of the new school year by at least one week
- Daily releases from Halton Region now come after 2 p.m.
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Oakville
Plus or minus figures are the same as the last Oakville News update, August 28, 2020. Case information released on August 31, 2020 for mid-day Sunday.
- Confirmed cases in Oakville is 293 - plus 3
- Probable cases in Oakville is 28 - no change
- Confirmed and probable cases total is 321 - plus 3
- Total Deaths: 3 - no change
- Recoveries: 308 (96% of all cases) - plus 2
- Completed cases (recoveries+deaths): 311 (97% of cases)
- 1 case in OTMH - plus
- 10 possible active cases - plus 1
Status in Halton:
- 889 confirmed cases
- 89 probable cases
- 978 total cases (confirmed and probable) - plus 7
- 923 recovered cases (94.5% of all cases) - plus 6
- 25 deaths (12 related to institutions - 48%) - no change
- 948 Completed cases (recoveries+deaths)- 96.9% of all cases
- 30 active cases - plus 1
- 1 case in hospital (OTMH)
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 226 new cases this weekend
- Ontario passes 700 total institutional outbreaks
- Active cases continue to rise every day as new cases out strip recoveries
- Peel plus Toronto have 50% of Ontario's active cases
- People who are between the ages of zero and 29 represent 50% of active cases
- Ontario could receive $763.34 million from the federal government for safe return to school programs
- Ontario is again allowing day trips and overnight absences at long-term care homes
- Residents must 14 day quarantine when they return
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Ontario
Plus or minus figures are tabulated from yesterday’s figures. Information released as of August 31, 2020 for the end of day August 30, 2020.
- 42,309 confirmed cases - plus 226 (290 per 100,000)
- 1,221 active cases (8 per 100,000)
- 38,277 recovered cases, 90.5% of all cases - plus 151
- 2,811 deaths - plus 2 (19 per 100,000)
- 41,088 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 97.1%
- 25,908 completed tests (195,315 per million)
- 49 people hospitalized - minus 2
- 18 people in ICU - plus 1
- 9 people on ventilators - plus 4
Summary of Institutional Outbreaks:
Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals
- 700 total outbreaks reported - plus 5
- 37 active, ongoing outbreaks - plus 3
Canada and Global COVID-19 Update
- Number of active cases continues to climb over the weekend
- Canada has conducted 5.4 million plus tests
- Quebec is highest infection rate per 100,000 at 735, highest death rate per 100,000 at 68,
- Manitoba has the highest active number of cases per 100,000 at 34 due to steep increase in new cases through out August
- Ontario has the highest number of completed tests at 195,315 per 100,000
- The United States tops 6 million cases
- Federal government re-iterates that the Canada border remains closed to non-essential travel prior to the Labour Day long weekend.
- Canada Emergency Business Account program extended from August 31, 2020 to October 31, 2020
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Canada
Numbers are different from Oakville News' last update on August 28, 2020. Information released as of August 30, 2020 at 7:00 PM.
- Confirmed and suspected cases is 127,940 - plus 267 (340 per 100,000)
- 5,159 active cases - plus 95 (14 per 100,000)
- 9,117 deaths - plus 4 (24 per 100,000)
- 113,664 recoveries - plus 168
- 122,781 resolved cases (96.0% of all cases)
- 5.4 million tests (144,734 per million)
Figures Around the World:
- Total number Global of cases - 25.4 million
- Deaths - 851,000+
- Total United States cases - 6.17 million (24.3% worldwide)
- Deaths - 187,000+ (22% worldwide)
- States with the highest number of cases per million are Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi
Top five highest countries of infections:
- United States - 6.17 million
- Brazil - 3.86 million
- India - 3.64 million
- Russia - 995,300
- Peru - 647,100
