Quebec continues to record a sustained decline in hospitalizations linked to COVID-19, but reports 12 additional deaths on Thursday.
Posted at 11:12 a.m.
The 12 new deaths reported on Thursday bring the daily average calculated over seven days to nine. The trend is down 36% over one week.
Quebec also reports a drop of 29 hospitalizations. The 1,315 people currently hospitalized represent a decrease of 16% over one week. In intensive care, the 43 patients represent a drop of 19% over one week.
The number of people in hospital is expected to continue to decline over the next few days, with the number of discharges continuing to outpace admissions. On average, there are 35 fewer patients every day.
The 705 new cases reported on Thursday bring the daily average to 528. The trend is thus down 22% 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-19 remains high, at 6.5%.
In addition to the cases detected by PCR tests, 335 people have also reported in recent days having obtained a positive result from a rapid test. Self-reported cases, which are not included in daily reported cases, have been stable for a week.
