The decline of COVID-19 in Quebec continues. The province reported Thursday a drop of 37 hospitalizations and 14 new deaths.
Posted at 11:12 a.m.
The 14 new deaths reported on Thursday bring the daily average calculated over seven days to 14. The trend is down 30% over one week.
Quebec also reported Thursday a decrease of 37 hospitalizations. The 1,562 people currently hospitalized represent a drop of 14% over one week. In intensive care, five patients were added, for a total of 53. Despite this increase, the trend in intensive care over one week remains down 12%.
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 37 fewer patients every day.
The 626 new cases reported on Thursday bring the daily average to 681. The trend is thus down 25% 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 6.2%.
In addition to the cases detected by PCR tests, 346 people have also reported in recent days having tested positive on a rapid test. Self-reported cases, which are not included in daily reported cases, are down 30% over the past week.
The vaccination campaign continues to slow down. Quebec administers an average of 13,500 doses per day, down 28% over one week. To date, 83.3% of Quebecers have received two doses, but only 51.9% have had three and 12.3% have received four.
