The 20 new deaths reported by Quebec on Sunday bring the daily average calculated over seven days to 26. The trend is up 23% over one week.
Posted at 2:15 p.m.
The province also reported a drop of 27 hospitalizations on Sunday.
Despite this second decrease in two days, the 2,344 people currently hospitalized nevertheless represent an increase of 9% over one week.
In intensive care, there is one more patient. Nevertheless, the 90 people staying there represent a drop of 11% over one week.
The 1,675 new cases reported on Sunday bring the daily average to 2,114. The trend is thus down 23% over one week. These figures likely reflect only a portion of total infections, due to limited access to PCR screening tests.
The vaccination campaign continues to progress at a rate of nearly 29,000 doses per day. It is mainly 4and doses administered to persons 60 years of age and older, the main eligible group.
To date, a quarter of people aged 60 and over have received a second booster dose, or 7.3% of the entire Quebec population.
- Percentage of Quebecers who received a dose: 86.8%
- Proportion of Quebecers who received two doses: 83.2%
- Percentage of Quebecers who received three doses: 51.3%
- Percentage of Quebecers who received four doses: 7.3%
With the collaboration of Pierre-André Normandin, The Press