Health authorities reported 1,543 hospitalizations on Friday, including 503 related to COVID-19 in Quebec, a drop of 29 from the previous day. Among these, 18 patients are in intensive care, one less compared to the previous day.
Quebec also reports 21 additional deaths from the disease, but none in the past 24 hours, and officially lists 731 new cases of COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, 1,189,529 infections have been reported, and 16,658 of them have been fatal.
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