The number of hospitalizations in Quebec has dropped significantly over the past 24 hours, with 117 fewer people ending up in a hospital bed with COVID-19 on Thursday.
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A total of 3,153 people remain hospitalized. The number of Quebecers in intensive care has also decreased (235, -17) since the day before.
The province also reported 56 additional deaths, while there were 73 in Wednesday’s toll.
In addition, 3,956 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected among people who have access to screening centers in Quebec.
Hospitalizations also fell in Ontario, where 3,645 people occupy a hospital bed (-371). The number of people in intensive care fell slightly (599, -9).
The death of 70 Ontarians, however, darkens the balance sheet of the province, where 11,230 people have lost their lives due to the virus since the start of the pandemic.
Also, 5,852 new cases have been identified in the most populous province, where access to PCR tests is also limited.
THE SITUATION IN QUEBEC AS OF JANUARY 27, 2022
- 849,520 people infected (+4,150)*
- 23,081 self-reported rapid tests so far, including 18,271 positive: 1,813 reported for yesterday, including 1,153 positive
- 13,065 deaths (+56)
- 3153 people hospitalized
- 231 entries
- 348 outputs
- 235 people in intensive care
- 17 entries
- 34 outputs
- 84,663 doses administered are added, i.e. 78,789 in the last 24 hours and 5,874 before January 25, for a total of 17,422,616 doses administered in Quebec.
- Outside Quebec, a total of 271,922 doses were administered, for a cumulative total of 17,694,538 doses received by Quebecers.
The number of cases listed is not representative of the situation since access to screening centers is restricted to priority clienteles
NUMBER OF CASES BY REGION
- Lower St. Lawrence: 11,931
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean: 20,934
- Capital-National: 64,464
- Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec: 42,779
- Eastern Townships: 38,095
- Montreal: 267,382
- Outaouais: 32,746
- Abitibi-Temiscamingue: 5558
- North Shore: 3628
- Northern Quebec: 714
- Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine: 4463
- Chaudiere-Appalaches: 47,001
- Laval: 62,676
- Lanaudiere: 58,249
- Laurentians: 62,963
- Monteregie: 119,742
- Nunavik: 2103
- Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James: 1522
- Unknown: 4
- Outside Quebec: 2434
- All of Quebec: 845,564
DEATHS BY REGION
- Lower St. Lawrence: 81
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: 311
- National Capital: 1260
- Mauricie-and-Centre-du-Québec: 747
- Eastern Townships: 496
- Montreal: 5154
- Outaouais: 260
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue: 39
- North Shore: 11
- Northern Quebec: 0
- Gaspésie – Magdalen Islands: 49
- Chaudière-Appalaches: 476
- Laval: 1001
- Lanaudiere: 641
- Laurentians: 625
- Monteregie: 1898
- Nunavik: 9
- Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James: 6
- Unknown: 0
- Outside Quebec: 1
- All of Quebec: 13,065
Status in Canada
- Ontario: 1,016,099 cases (11,230 deaths)
- Quebec: 849,520 cases (13,065 deaths)
- Alberta: 481,182 cases (3,505 deaths)
- British Columbia: 316,873 cases (2,575 deaths)
- Manitoba: 117,395 cases (1,524 deaths)
- Saskatchewan: 112,693 cases (983 deaths)
- Nova Scotia: 35,541 cases (136 deaths)
- New Brunswick: 27,261 cases (221 deaths)
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 16,115 cases (34 deaths)
- Prince Edward Island: 6,812 cases (9 deaths)
- Northwest Territories: 5,295 cases (15 deaths)
- Yukon: 3,006 cases (16 deaths)
- Nunavut: 1,487 cases (5 deaths)
- Repatriated Canadians: 13 cases
Total: 2,989,626 cases (33,318 deaths)