For a third consecutive day on Friday, Quebec recorded a drop in hospitalizations.
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In total, 2,290 Quebecers with COVID-19 are hospitalized (-36), including 81 in intensive care (-4). Sadly, 26 people have succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours.
The situation also seems to be improving among healthcare workers, as 9,104 are absent for reasons related to COVID-19 (preventive withdrawal, isolation, awaiting results, etc.), a decrease of 273 compared to on the eve.
Among people with access to screening centers, there are 1,649 new infections. For Thursday, 325 positive rapid tests were declared on the government platform.
Across the Ottawa River, hospitalizations have spiked as 1,679 Ontarians with COVID-19 occupy a hospital bed, up 19 from Thursday. The number of people in intensive care has also increased (209, +7). Ontario records 19 deaths from COVID-19.
Eventually, 2,760 new infections in the province were detected using a PCR test.
THE SITUATION IN QUEBEC AS OF APRIL 29, 2022
- 1,041,075 people infected (+1,649)*
- 14,977 deaths (+26)
- 2290 people hospitalized
- 182 entries
- 218 outputs
- 81 people in intensive care
- 17,542 samples taken
- 198,786 self-declared rapid tests so far, including 162,419 positive: 433 declared for the day yesterday, including 352 positive.
- 34,408 doses administered are added, or 32,637 in the last 24 hours and 17,711 before April 28, for a total of 19,461,432 doses administered in Quebec.
- Outside Quebec, a total of 324,845 doses were administered, for a cumulative total of 19,786,277 doses received by Quebecers.
* The number of cases listed is not representative of the situation since access to screening centers is restricted to priority clienteles
NUMBER OF CASES BY REGION
- Lower St. Lawrence: 19,847
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean: 29,331
- Capitale-Nationale: 86,159
- Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec: 57,371
- Eastern Townships: 48,116
- Montreal: 303 152
- Outaouais: 38,925
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue: 10,490
- North Shore: 7993
- Northern Quebec: 1393
- Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine: 8709
- Chaudière-Appalaches: 60,010
- Laval: 70,346
- Lanaudiere: 68,348
- Laurentians: 77,264
- Monteregie: 144,951
- Nunavik: 2955
- Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James: 2843
- Unknown: 0
- Outside Quebec: 2853
All of Quebec: 1,041,075
DEATHS BY REGION
- Lower St. Lawrence: 162
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: 420
- National Capital: 1516
- Mauricie-et-Centre-du-Québec: 981
- Eastern Townships: 586
- Montreal: 5427
- Outaouais: 304
- Abitibi-Temiscamingue: 108
- North Shore: 43
- Northern Quebec: 4
- Gaspésie – Magdalen Islands: 79
- Chaudière-Appalaches: 610
- Laval: 1095
- Lanaudiere: 748
- Laurentians: 735
- Monteregie: 2133
- Nunavik: 10
- Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James: 14
- Unknown: 0
- Outside Quebec: 2
All of Quebec: 14,977