COVID-19

Halton Healthcare - which operates the hospitals in Georgetown, Milton and Oakville - was among 54 hospitals and hospital groups named in a class action lawsuit by employees terminated or suspended for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Starting November 4, doses of the RSV immunization will also be available for infants and high-risk children up to 24 months

For the last week of regular reporting for the season, Halton's testing positivity is down as case numbers are up.

With the number of new COVID-19 cases falling dramatically, Halton has announced they are "temporarily pausing" the public reporting of data, including case numbers and where new outbreaks of the disease may be.

After four weeks of COVID-19 case numbers rising locally, the latest report before the long weekend shows a small decline in transmission through Halton. But testing positivity from PCR tests has gone way up.

Cases are rising locally in a clear trend: the number of new, daily cases in Oakville have gone up by 25 per cent or more for the last three weeks in a row. Two new outbreaks have opened, both at undisclosed locations.

The number of new, daily cases in Oakville have gone up more than 50% in the last week. Halton region has revised its local vaccination data, and they now report only 1 in 10 people are fully immunized.

While new, local COVID-19 cases are mostly stable, a new outbreak has opened at an Oakville seniors care home.

This week saw a small increase in both the daily average of Oakville's new cases and the number of hospital admissions locally. Global cases reach a large milestone total.

New daily cases in Oakville continue to slowly decline, but the start of April saw multiple cases admitted to the hospital and the opening of at least one new, confirmed outbreak. Global cases reach a large milestone total.