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COVID-19 Update
This is the Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 coronavirus update. Oakville reports a large drop in active cases with today's high number of recoveries. The new total is the same figure it was on Tuesday, before two days of increasing cases.
Seven outbreaks have been reported at schools in Halton this week, leading to dozens of new cases. The province of Ontario is reporting a year-high 158 new cases from schools across the province today.
That, however, is the only new data coming from Ontario. No formal explanation was given why the province isn't updating COVID-19 information today, but the likely reason is a disruption in reports, like many other provinces, in observance of today's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Ontario new modelling from the COVID-19 science advisory table says those unvaccinated are 60 times more likely to end up in the ICU with the virus. Hospitalizations are still increasing in most provinces across Canada, especially in Saskatchewan where hospital and ICU patients have tripled in the last month.
The United States approaches 700,000 dead from COVID-19 and close to 13% of the country's total population having contracted the coronavirus.
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Note: Oakville News updates are published six days a week, sharing new Halton data from Monday to Friday and Ontario, Canada, and globally Monday through Saturday.
Oakville and Halton COVID-19 update
- Active cases in Oakville are way down, reversing increases from the last two days
- Seven school outbreaks have opened this week (including two in Oakville)
- Oakville's sport and recreation facilities have new health and safety guidelines
- Town of Oakville now requires proof of vaccination for recreation, culture and in-person services
Summary of local vaccinations
- 82% of eligible Halton residents are fully vaccinated
- 86% have received at least one dose
- 870,893 vaccine doses have been administered - plus 878
Changes in figures are since the last Oakville News update on September 29, 2021.
- 43 active cases - minus 8
- 2 patients at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital - no change
- 6,087 total cases (confirmed and probable) - plus 4
- 68 deaths - no change
- 5,976 recoveries - plus 12
- 6,044 completed (recoveries+deaths) cases - 99.3% of cases
- 6 active outbreaks - no change
Status in Halton
- 129 active cases - minus 12
- 5 cases in hospitals across Halton - minus 2
- 19,488 total cases (confirmed+probable) - plus 17
- 242 deaths - no change
- 19,117 recoveries - plus 29
- 19,358 completed (recoveries+deaths) cases - 99.3% of cases
- 17 active outbreaks - no change
Note: Halton Region combines its recovery count into one number with probable, now closed cases. This total includes some cases that were not coronavirus recoveries. Halton Region does not publish the names of workplaces with active outbreaks.
School cases
- 10 Oakville schools are reporting cases
- 32 Halton schools are reporting cases (including 9 closed classrooms)
Ontario COVID-19 update
- New information for Ontario was not released today, likely due to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Active cases have been consistently declining and are now below 5,000 for the first time in weeks
- While overall case growth is slowing, new cases are still rising in schools, causing 158 new cases today alone
- The province's COVID-19 science advisory table reports those unvaccinated are 60 times more likely to end up in the ICU with the virus
- New modelling is provided by Dr. Kieran Moore for the next two months in Ontario
- More than 10.5 million Ontarians are now fully vaccinated
- 81.32% of all eligible Ontarians (age 12 and older) are fully vaccinated
Summary of provincial vaccinations
- 11.22 million people have received at least one vaccine dose (75.89% of total pop.)
- At least 10.52 million people are fully vaccinated (71.12% of total pop.)
- 21.74 million vaccine doses administered - plus 38,200
Changes are from figures in our last update. The province released this information on September 29, 2021, as of the end of Tuesday, Sept. 27.
- 4,989 active cases - minus 273
- 292 people hospitalized - minus 13
- 585,502 confirmed cases - plus 495
- 570,790 recovered cases - plus 760
- 9,723 deaths - plus 8
- 580,513 resolved cases (deaths & recovered) or 99.1%
- 36,404 tests conducted with a positive rate of 1.7%
- 172 people in ICU - minus 8
- 123 people on ventilators - minus 4
- 25 active, ongoing institutional outbreaks - minus 1
Summary of variants of concern (VOC)
These numbers are for the number of people who tested positive and further testing has confirmed their specific case is one of a particular variant of concern in Ontario.
- 146,465 confirmed cases of the Alpha variant - plus 4
- 1,503 confirmed cases of Beta variant - plus 1
- 5,228 confirmed cases of Gamma variant - no change
- 18,569 confirmed cases of Delta variant - plus 61
Canadian and Global COVID-19 updates
- Today's data is limited as not every province is reporting today, observing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Saskatchewan's hospital and ICU admission have tripled in less than a month
- Active cases are up nationwide this week as a whole, but down today
- Pfizer has asked for approval for its vaccine to use in 5-11 year olds, which could begin in the USA within weeks, but timeline for Canadian children is uncertain
- Cumulative cases worldwide have reached 230 million people 4.75 million deaths
- 81.09% of all eligible Canadians (age 12 and older) are fully vaccinated
Summary of national vaccinations
- 29.19 million people have received at least one vaccine dose (76.57% of total pop.)
- At least 26.93 million people are fully vaccinated (70.61% of total pop.)
- 56.12 million vaccine doses administered - plus 116,000
Changes in figures are since the Oakville News update on September 29, 2021. With the high number of cases nationwide and globally, all numbers are approximate (within 0.1% of the total.)
- 44,338 active cases - minus 221
- 2,467 active hospitalizations - plus 32
- 1.62 million confirmed and suspected cases to date
- 1.54 million recoveries - plus 648
- 27,817 deaths - plus 14
- Ranked 80th in global deaths per capita at 73.68 per 100,000 people
US COVID-19 Update
- 43.17 million cumulative cases
- 691,517 deaths - plus 1,964
- 64.5% of people have one dose (75.4% of those age 12+ who are eligible)
- 55.5% are fully vaccinated (65.0% of those eligible)
- Ranked 22nd in global deaths per capita at 209.61 per 100,000 people
World COVID-19 Update
- 233.16 million cases - plus 464,000
- 4.77 million people have died worldwide
- At least 6.17 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide (source: Our World Data)
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