Quebec added 30 deaths to its death toll from COVID-19 on Friday as hospitalizations continued to rise in the province.
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The number of hospitalizations has increased by 55 people in the past 24 hours, totaling 1,637 occupied beds. The decline continues, however, in intensive care, with two Quebecers who were able to leave the service compared to the day before (62).
La Belle Province also reported 3,572 new cases from tests carried out in screening centers and 1,199 self-reported positive rapid tests.
THE SITUATION IN QUEBEC AS OF APRIL 8, 2022
- 992,649 people infected (+3,572)*
- 14,512 deaths (+30)
- 1637 people hospitalized
- 230 entries
- 175 outputs
- 62 people in intensive care
- 10 entries
- 12 outputs
- 23,326 samples taken;
- 160,585 self-declared rapid tests so far, including 129,781 positive: 1,412 declared for yesterday, including 1,199 positive.
- 36,564 doses administered are added, i.e. 35,199 in the last 24 hours and 1,365 before April 7, for a total of 18,818,996 doses administered in Quebec.
- Outside Quebec, a total of 315,920 doses were administered, for a cumulative total of 19,134,916 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: 18,040
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean: 27,348
- Capitale-Nationale: 81,527
- Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec: 53,637
- Eastern Townships: 45,181
- Montreal: 293,335
- Outaouais: 37,204
- Abitibi-Temiscamingue: 9568
- North Shore: 7168
- Northern Quebec: 1227
- Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine: 7871
- Chaudiere-Appalaches: 57,317
- Laval: 68,155
- Lanaudiere: 65,604
- Laurentians: 73,649
- Monteregie: 137,679
- Nunavik: 2855
- Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James: 2468
- Unknown: 4
- Outside Quebec: 2773
All of Quebec: 992 649
Elsewhere in the country
On the other side of the Ottawa River, nine patients entered Ontario hospitals, for a total of 1,135. An increase was also seen in intensive care (+7, 166).
Ontario also reported 10 additional deaths and 4,295 infections detected with a PCR test.