(Montreal) Data continues to show an encouraging picture of the current wave of COVID-19 in Quebec.
Posted at 2:31 p.m.
According to raw data released by the Ministry of Health on Sunday, the number of patients in hospitals due to the coronavirus rose from 1994 to 1926. There are 66 people in intensive care, two more than the day before.
Only two new deaths have been added to the death toll. We now deplore 15,139 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its appearance in Quebec.
The Ministry of Health also reports 822 new cases since the previous report. Authorities have recorded 1,052,015 cases of infection since the start of the pandemic. However, the number of cases listed is not representative of the situation since access to screening centers is restricted to priority clienteles.
According to the VaccinTrackerQC site, 20,869 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past 24 hours, mainly second booster doses.
The percentage of people aged 5 and over who received a first dose is 91.42%. It is also reported that 87.68% of the Quebec population received a second dose and that 59.13% received a booster dose.