Oakville Coronavirus August 6th Update

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This is the Oakville Coronavirus August 6th Update. Oakville (and Halton's) last COVID-19 patient in Halton is discharged from OTMH. Ontario reports fewer than 100 cases for the fourth day in a row. Canada drops to 24th on the global cases list and Florida ends quarantine rules for out-of-state visitors.

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

Oakville Coronavirus August 6th Update

  • The last COVID-19 patient in Halton is discharged from hospital
  • Oakville and Halton report no new cases or recoveries
  • Masks are required in most indoor spaces
  • Halton Region now reports new figures to province before releasing them publicly

  • Public release is regularly in afternoons now instead of morning

Status of COVID-19 Cases in Oakville

Plus or minus figures are from last yesterday's figures, August 5, 2020. Case information released on August 6, 2020 at 1:40 PM for the end of day of August 5, 2020.

  • Confirmed cases in Oakville is 273 - no change
  • Past probable cases in Oakville is 28 - no change
  • Confirmed and probable cases total is 301 - no change
  • Total Deaths: 3 - no change
  • Recoveries: 292 (97.0% of all cases, see below note) - no change
  • Completed cases (recoveries and deaths): 295 (98.3% of cases)
  • No cases in OTMH - minus 1
  • 6 possible active cases - no change

Status in Halton:

  • 913 total cases (confirmed and probable) -  no change
  • 871 recovered (95.4% of all cases, see note below) - no change
  • 25 deaths (12 related to institutions - 48%) - no change
  • 17 active cases - no change

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

Status of COVID-19 Cases in Ontario

Plus or minus figures are tabulated from yesterday's figures. Information released as of August 6, 2020 at 9:45 AM for the end of day August 5, 2020.

  • 39,809 confirmed cases - plus 95
  • 35,906 recovered cases, 90.2% of all cases - plus 159
  • 2,783 deaths, 7.0% of those confirmed cases -  plus 1
  • 38,563 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 97.1%
  • 26,181 tests performed
  • 71 people hospitalized - plus 5
  • 29 people in ICU - minus 1
  • 13 people on Ventilators - minus 2

Summary of Institutional Outbreaks:

Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals

Canada and Global COVID-19 Update

  • Quebec is not reporting recoveries due to a technical error they are not disclosing

  • The last recoveries from Quebec are dated July 27
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces plan to end the CERB
  • Canada is allowing leisure travel to Hawaii beginning September 1, 2020

  • Land borders to the USA remain closed to non-essential travel
  • Florida governor Ron DeSantis rescinds his order requiring out-of-state visitors to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Florida

Status of COVID-19 Cases in Canada

Numbers are different from Oakville News' last update on August 5, 2020. Information released as of August 6, 2020 at 11:25 AM.

  • Confirmed and suspected cases is 118,415 - plus 228

  • (Includes added, unreported cases from the long weekend)
  • 8,963 deaths - plus 3
  • 102,947 recoveries - plus 351
  • 111,919 resolved cases (94.5% of all cases)
  • Canada falls to 24th on the global cases list

Figures Around the World:

  • Total number of cases Globally - 18.9 million

  • Deaths - 708,500+
  • Total United States cases - 4.85 million (25.6% worldwide)

  • Deaths - 158,500+ (22.4% worldwide) Top 5 states with increasing cases are Texas, Florida and California

  • But the increase rate is down 15% from two weeks ago

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

  • United States - 4.85 million (+400,000)
  • Brazil - 2.86 million (+306,500)
  • India - 1.97 million (+380,000)
  • Russia - 870,000 (+37,500)
  • South Africa - 530,000 (+58,500)

The next five countries (in order of highest cases) are Mexico, Peru, Chile, Columbia and Iran.