The current wave of COVID-19 continues to recede in Quebec, slowly but surely.
According to data published by the Ministry of Health on Sunday, the number of patients in hospitals due to the coronavirus rose from 1,479 to 1,456. There are 98 people in intensive care, two less than the day before.
For seven days, the number of hospitalizations has dropped by 17%.
Five new deaths have been added to the death toll. We now deplore 13,974 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its appearance in Quebec.
The Ministry of Health also reports 1,036 new cases since the previous report. Authorities have identified 921,032 cases of infection since the start of the pandemic. However, the number of cases listed is not representative of the situation since access to screening centers is restricted to priority clienteles.
The average of new cases for the past seven days stands at 1,376, a drop of more than 23% from last Sunday.
The number of active outbreaks decreased from 709 to 691.
A total of 15,604 analyzes were performed on Saturday. The positivity rate rose by 0.3 points to 7.7%.
No less than 15,539 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past 24 hours, including 2,632 second doses and 12,321 booster doses.
The percentage of people aged 5 and over who received a first dose is still around 91%. It is also reported that approximately 86% of the Quebec population received a second dose and that approximately 51% received a booster dose.
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