Quebec recorded 9,206 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths linked to the virus for Christmas day.
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458 people are hospitalized due to their COVID-19 infection, a drop of 31 from the previous day.
Nearly 89 people are also in intensive care, a decrease of four from Friday.
Nunavut also announced 10 additional infections on Saturday, the day after the government announced an immediate lockdown to limit the spread of the virus.
“With the outbreak of COVID-19 in several communities over the past week, we need to put in place the most stringent public health restrictions across the country,” Dr. Patterson, an administrator, said on Friday. Nunavut Chief Public Health Officer (CPHA).
All non-essential businesses have been closed, while indoor gatherings have been banned. Anyone who enters the country without their three doses of vaccine must also self-isolate for 14 days.
Situation in Canada
- Ontario: 676,924 cases (10,146 deaths)
- Quebec: 530,332 cases (11,664 deaths)
- Alberta: 346,705 cases (3,299 deaths)
- British Columbia: 235,658 cases (2,414 deaths)
- Saskatchewan: 82,640 cases (945 deaths)
- Manitoba: 73,573 cases (1,370 deaths)
- Nova Scotia: 13,741 cases (111 deaths)
- New Brunswick: 11,587 cases (152 deaths)
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 2,512 cases (18 deaths)
- Northwest Territories: 2,090 cases (12 deaths)
- Yukon: 1,668 cases (14 deaths)
- Nunavut: 691 cases (4 deaths)
- Prince Edward Island: 621 cases
- Canadian returnees: 13 cases
- Total: 1,978,755 cases (30,149 deaths)