(Montreal) COVID-19 has not said its last word in Quebec.
Posted at 3:59 p.m.
According to data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday, the number of patients in hospitals due to the coronavirus rose from 1,001 to 1,025. There are 20 people in intensive care, one more than the day before.
Five new deaths have been added to the death toll. We now deplore 15,486 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its appearance in Quebec.
The Ministry of Health also reports 710 new cases since the previous assessment. Authorities have recorded more than 1,073,044 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.
According to the VaccinTrackerQC site, 6,190 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past 24 hours, largely second booster doses.
The percentage of people aged 5 and over who received a first dose is 91.52%. It is also reported that 87.88% of the Quebec population received a second dose. Nearly 60% of eligible people received a first booster dose and 13.54% a second dose.