Deaths and hospitalizations attributed to COVID-19 continue to decline as new cases show a slight upward trend.
Posted at 11:11 a.m.
The six new deaths reported on Thursday bring the daily average calculated over seven days to six. The trend is down 33% over one week.
Quebec also reports a drop of 34 hospitalizations on Thursday. The 1,105 people currently hospitalized represent a decrease of 16% over one week. In intensive care, the 24 patients represent a drop of 44% over one week.
The number of people in hospital is expected to continue to decline over the next few days, with the number of discharges continuing to outpace admissions. On average, there are 30 fewer patients every day.
The 552 new cases reported on Thursday bring the daily average to 552. The trend is thus up slightly by 5% over one week. These numbers likely reflect only a portion of total infections, due to limited access to PCR testing. Moreover, the proportion of PCR screening tests proving positive for COVID-19 remains high, at 7.0%.
In addition to the cases detected by PCR tests, 439 people have also reported in recent days having obtained a positive result from a rapid test. Self-reported cases, which are not included in daily reported cases, have decreased by 3% over the past week.
