Marcel Painchaud
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This is the Oakville Coronavirus September 12th Update. Both Halton district boards now have covid-19 tracking pages online, as does the province for all schools. Ontario's active cases jump by more than 100 cases in one day as a record number of tests are conducted. Recoveries in Canada reach 120,000 to date.
Note: Oakville figures are released Monday to Friday, while Ontario and Global updates also come Saturdays.
Oakville Coronavirus September 12th Update
- Halton Region does not publish updates on weekend
- A second elementary school staff member, this time at St. Marguerite d’Youville Catholic Elementary, tests positive for COVID-19
- In response, HCDSB launches a page similar to HDSB's tracking confirmed cases
- HDSB also has a table for tracking future anticipated cases at other schools
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Oakville
Plus or minus figures are the same as the last Oakville News update, September 11, 2020. Case information released on September 11, 2020 for end of day Friday.
- Confirmed cases in Oakville is 315 - plus 5
- Probable cases in Oakville is 31 - plus 2
- Confirmed and probable cases total is 346 - plus 7
- Total Deaths: 3 - no change
- Recoveries: 319 (92.2% of all cases) - plus 2
- Completed cases (recoveries+deaths): 322 (93.1% of cases)
- No cases in OTMH - no change
- 24 possible active cases - plus 5
Status in Halton:
- 1022 total cases (confirmed and probable) - plus 7
- 951 recovered cases (93.1% of all cases) - plus 2
- 25 deaths (12 related to institutions - 48%) - no change
- 46 active cases - plus 5
- Zero cases in hospital - no change
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.
Cases in Halton Public Schools:
- 2 confirmed cases in Oakville - no change
- 2 confirmed cases in Halton - no change
Ontario COVID-19 Update
- Ontario Launches COVID-19 School and Licensed Child Care-specific Web Page
- The province has its second straight day with 200+ new cases
- Active cases rise by over 100 as Ontario's recovery rate falls by 10% this week
- Ontario pauses reopening plans for the next four weeks
- More than half of new cases are from ages 20-39
- Independent reports source this increase due to high percentage of this age group being essential workers
- A record setting 35,618 tests were conducted yesterday
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Ontario
Plus or minus figures are tabulated from yesterday’s figures. Information released as of September 12, 2020 for the end of day September 11, 2020.
- 44,300 confirmed cases - plus 232
- 1,769 active cases - plus 112
- 39,717 recovered cases, 89.7% of all cases - plus 119
- 2,814 deaths - plus 1
- 42,408 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 95.7%
- 35,618 completed tests yesterday
- 43 people hospitalized - minus 6
- 12 people in ICU - minus 6
- 8 people on ventilators - minus 1
Summary of Institutional Outbreaks (Long Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes, Hospitals):
- 733 total outbreaks reported - plus 6
- 50 active, ongoing outbreaks - plus 3
Canada and Global COVID-19 Update
- Active cases rapidly rise in Canada, nationwide recoveries reach 120,000
- Quebec's case surge outpaces Ontario for the first time in months
- California reaches 750,000 cases as wildfires continue spreading across the state
Status of COVID-19 Cases in Canada
Numbers are different from Oakville News' last update on September 11, 2020. Information released as of September 12, 2020 at 2:00 PM.
- Confirmed and suspected cases is 136,119 - plus 819
- 6,878 active cases - plus 89
- 9,170 deaths - plus 7
- 120,071 recoveries - plus 723
- 128,898 resolved cases (94.7% of all cases)
Figures Around the World:
- Total number Global of cases - 28.5 million
- Deaths - 915,000+
- Total United States cases - 6.47 million (22.7% worldwide)
- Deaths - 193,000+ (21.1% worldwide)
- The United States remains the most infected country in the world
- States with the most new cases per capita are South Dakota, North Dakota and Missouri
- California reaches 750,000 cases as wildfires continue spreading across the state
Top five highest countries of infections and their average seven day case increase:
- United States - 6.47 million (+245,000)
- India - 4.65 million (+636,500)
- Brazil - 4.28 million (+146,500)
- Russia - 1.05 million (+36,000)
- Peru - 716,000 (+40,000)
The next five most infected countries are Colombia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain and Argentina.
