The upward trend in COVID-19 continues in Quebec, with the province reporting eight new deaths as well as 1,287 new cases on Monday.
Posted at 1:30 p.m.
The eight new deaths reported on Monday bring the daily average calculated over seven days to 13. The trend is thus up 18% over one week.
The 1,287 new cases reported on Monday bring the daily average to 1,902. The trend is thus up 32% 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 remains high, at 15.8%.
In addition to the cases detected by PCR tests, 2,749 people also reported over the weekend having tested positive on a rapid test. Self-reported cases, which are not included in daily reported cases, are stable over a week.
Quebec also reports a decrease of nine hospitalizations. However, this data is from Saturday. The 1,878 people hospitalized at that time represented a 17% increase over one week. In intensive care, the 38 patients represented a drop of 14% over one week.
The number of people in hospital is likely to continue to rise in the coming days, with the number of admissions outpacing discharges. On average, there are 38 more patients every day.
The number of workers absent due to the pandemic decreased over the weekend. They were 6613 Monday to have to isolate themselves.
The vaccination campaign continues to progress. Quebec administers an average of 10,600 doses per day. These are mainly people aged 55 and over coming to pick up their 4e dose.
To date, 83.6% of Quebecers have received two doses, but only 52.7% three and 15.7% four.
