The current wave of COVID-19, fueled by the Omicron variant, seems to be receding in Quebec, even if the situation in hospitals has not yet improved.
According to data published on Sunday by the Ministry of Health, 5,946 new cases have been identified since the previous report. The day before, there were 6,705. Authorities have recorded 795,753 infections since the start of the pandemic.
Although the number of new cases is not representative of the situation since access to screening centers is restricted to priority clienteles, the fact remains that a certain downward trend has been observed in recent days.
The seven-day average of new cases stands at 8,066, a drop of 8.2% over the past 24 hours.
Twenty-one deaths were added to the death toll. We now deplore 12,310 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its appearance in Quebec.
The situation continues to worsen in hospitals, where the number of patients has fallen from 3,195 to 3,300. Hospital centers have admitted 392 new patients and discharged 302 others. There are 282 people in intensive care, seven more than the day before.
The number of active outbreaks increased from 1569 to 1590.
A total of 39,806 scans were performed on January 14. The positivity rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 13.1.
No less than 81,564 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past 24 hours, including 71,724 booster doses and 6,241 first doses.
The percentage of people aged 5 and over who received a first dose is still around 90%. It is also reported that approximately 82% of the Quebec population received a second dose and that approximately 32% received a booster dose.