(Montreal) The current wave of COVID-19 continues to show signs of setback in Quebec,
Posted at 1:04 p.m.
According to raw data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday, the number of patients in hospitals due to the coronavirus rose from 2,290 to 2,251. There are 74 people in intensive care, seven fewer than the day before.
The tables of the number of deaths and that of new cases had not yet been updated at 12:50 p.m.
According to the VaccinTrackerQc site, 29,829 vaccine doses have been administered in the past 24 hours, including less than 1,000 first and second doses.
The percentage of people aged 5 and over who received a first dose is still around 91.4%. It is also reported that approximately 87.62% of the Quebec population received a second dose and that approximately 58.89% received a booster dose.