The current wave of COVID-19 continues to show signs of decline in Quebec.
Posted at 2:42 p.m.
According to raw data tables published by the Ministry of Health, the number of patients in hospitals who tested positive for COVID-19 increased from 2,251 to 2,181. There are also 75 people in intensive care, one more than the day before.
Six new deaths have been added to the death toll. We now deplore 15,006 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its appearance in Quebec.
The Ministry of Health also reports 1,100 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 1,043,732 cases 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.
According to the VaccinTrackerQc site, 22,936 vaccine doses have been administered in the past 24 hours, including 1,291 first or second doses.
The percentage of people aged 5 and over who received a first dose is still around 91.4%. It is also reported that 87.64% of the eligible Quebec population received a second dose and 58.93% received a booster dose.