Health authorities reported 2,137 hospitalizations on Tuesday, including 726 due to COVID-19, a decrease of 43 from the previous day. Another 2,595 healthcare workers are absent for COVID-related reasons.
Quebec also reports 18 additional deaths from the disease, including 2 in the last 24 hours, and officially lists 790 new cases of COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, 1,292,049 infections have been reported, and 17,768 of them have been fatal.
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