Fewer people with COVID-19 are in hospital, but deaths from the disease continue to add up.
Health authorities reported 16 new deaths on Tuesday, four of which occurred in the past 24 hours. Eleven deaths occurred two to seven days ago and one more than seven days ago.
As in recent days, hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continued to decline, standing at 1,897 as of Tuesday – a drop of 49 since the previous day. Of this total, 616 patients are treated specifically for the disease.
In intensive care, however, there is a slight increase of six, for a total of 56 patients, 30 of them due to illness.
On the case side, Quebec reports 651 new infections, to which must be added 27 positive cases detected by rapid tests. The number of cases is probably underestimated since the screening centers are reserved for priority groups.
The vaccination campaign is still in slow motion, with 2,111 doses administered on Monday.
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