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This is the Oakville Coronavirus July 30th Update. Oakville reports one new case, the only one in Halton Region today. Ontario has a second straight day with fewer than 100 new cases. COVID-19 cases around the world surpass 17 million.
Note: Oakville News' COVID-19 updates now have a new format. Oakville News is once again publishing daily Coronavirus updates. New Oakville figures are released Monday to Friday, while Ontario and Global updates also come Saturdays.
Oakville Coronavirus July 30th Update
- Oakville has one new case, ending a nearly weeklong case-free streak
- This one new case is the only one in Halton Region
- Masks are now required in most indoor spaces
- All of Halton Region is now in Stage 3
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Oakville
Plus or minus figures are tabulated from yesterday's update, July 29th, 2020. Case information released on July 30, 2020 at 12:35 PM for the end of day of July 29, 2020.
- Confirmed cases in Oakville is 271 - plus 1
- Probable cases in Oakville is 28 - no change
- Confirmed and probable cases total is 299 - plus 1
- Total Deaths: 3 - no change
- Recoveries: 286 (95.6% of all cases, see below note) - no change
- Completed Cases (recoveries and deaths): 289 (97% of cases)
- 2 cases in OTMH (includes cases from outside Halton) - no change
- 10 possible active cases - plus 1
Status in Halton:
- 910 total cases (confirmed and probable) - no change
- (One case was added and another subtracted)
- 861 recovered (94.6% of all cases, see note below) - plus 2
- 25 deaths (12 related to institutions - 48%) - no change
- 24 active cases - minus 2
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
- Windsor/Essex will remain in Stage 2
- Ontario has second straight day with fewer than 100 cases
- Premier Ford and Education minister Stephen Lecce unveil their plan for reopening schools in September
- Regions still reporting double digit new cases:
- Windsor, Ottawa, Brampton and Toronto
- Hospitalizations, ICU patients and ventilator patients are all down for second day in a row
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Ontario
Plus or minus figures are tabulated from yesterday's figures. Information released as of July 30, 2020 at 11:00 AM for the end of day July 29, 2020.
- 39,075 confirmed cases - plus 89
- 34,906 recovered cases, 89.3% of all cases - plus 165
- 2,762 deaths, 7.1% of those confirmed cases - plus 3
- 37,668 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 96.4%
- 27,676 tests performed
- 84 people hospitalized - minus 7
- 27 people in ICU - minus 1
- 16 people on Ventilators - minus 1
Summary of Institutional Outbreaks:
Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals
- 656 total outbreaks reported - plus 3
- 64 active, ongoing outbreaks - no change
Canada and Global COVID-19 Update
- Canada now has 100,000+ recoveries across the country
- New cases and resolutions close to matching
- Quebec represents over 60% of all new cases
- $4.28 billion will be spent to expand testing and contact tracing capacity
- Global case count surpasses 17 million
- US president Donald Trump proposes postponing the upcoming 2020 election due to COVID-19
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Canada
Numbers are different from Oakville News' last update on July 29, 2020. Information released as of July 29, 2020 at 11:35 AM.
- Confirmed and suspected cases is 115,617 - plus 369
- 8,923 deaths - plus 9
- 100,630 recoveries - plus 317
- 109,553 resolved cases (94.7% of all cases)
- Canada drops one spot down to 22nd on the global cases list
Figures Around the World:
- Total number of cases Globally - 17.03 million
- Deaths - 668,000+
- Total United States cases - 4.4 million (26.1% worldwide)
- Deaths - 152,000+ (22.8% worldwide) Top 5 states with rising cases are Florida, California, Texas, Georgia and Arizona
Top five highest countries of infections and their case increase in last seven days:
- United States - 4.4 million (+455,000)
- Brazil - 2.5 million (+325,000)
- India - 1.58 million (+345,000)
- Russia - 835,000 (+40,000)
- South Africa - 470,000 (+76,000)
The next five countries (in order of highest cases) are Mexico, Peru, Chile, Iran and the United Kingdom.