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= 5 | Thursday, September 1, 2022 | i WEEKLY ROUNDUP: MORE COVID-19 DEATHS REPORTED IN HALTON Halton Region reported on Aug. 27 that two more Oakville ‘, residents have died due to CO- 2 6 VID-19, bringing the number of deaths in Halton in August to nine. There were six deaths relat- ed to the virus the previous week. There have been 156 COVID-19 deaths in Halton this year, while the death toll stands at 402 — with 150 reported deaths in Burling- ton, 114 in Oakville, 70 in Milton, 68 in Halton Hills. As of Aug. 27, there were 28 people with confirmed COVID-19 cases being treated in Halton's four hospitals, according to re- ports by Halton Healthcare and Joseph Brant Hospital. Of those, 21 were bei hospitalized in Oakville, four in Burlington, two in Milton, and one in George- town. On Friday, the region declared two new separate COVID-19 out- covip-19 [4 RAPID TEST DEVICE Graham Paine/Metroland Here's a weekly look at Halton COVID cases and news. breaks at Oakville Trafalgar Me- morial Hospital. Two of Halton's six wastewa- ter treatment plants are show- ing an increase in the presence of COVID-19 (Acton and mid- Halton), while one was showing a decrease (Georgetown). The remaining three were stable. — with files from Herb Gar- butt / Metroland NEWS PROJECT SAFE START UNDERWAY Back-to-school mean: launch of Halton police's Proieet Safe Start. The 15th annual campaign fo- cuses on education, awareness and high-visibility enforcement of traffic laws throughout the re- and vehicle traffic, and police ant to remind drivers to use heightened awareness and cau- tion with the following rules in mind: + When driving, else can wait. You tracted if your eyes, es hands and/ or mind are not focused on the task of driving. Motorists are re- minded that holding a cellphone is an offence, regardless of everything whether you are talking on it, us- ing the navigation system or changing a ig. This is still ap- plicable ‘when. ‘stopped at a red light. + Drive at a safe speed. Always abide ‘by posted speed. Umits, ae care in community safet; zones with specific speed limits, gressive driving such as speed- ing, tailgating and failing to com- Dy with road signs increase the ‘lihood of a collision, said po- lice. Aggressive driving reduces your reaction time and makes your vehicle movernents unpre- dictable to other driver: * Drive responsibly. ‘Drug: im- paired and alcohol-impaired driving can result in serious inju- ry or death to you, your loved ones and other road users. Im- pairment from alcohol and ‘other drugs slows your ability to react to changing road conditions. Halton residents have ranked traffic concerns as their No. 1 po- licing priority. Project Safe Start is one of many campaigns th« HRPS engages in throughout the year in an effort to educate the public and enforce the Highway Traffic Act and other traffic-re- lated legislation. ge PRESENTING SPONSORS insidehalton.com ‘“ Ontario @ ON KERR VILLAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BYaHE KERR: Gf) pudds’ Q® OAKVILLE = GAKVILLE