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Assessment of COVID-19 in Quebec | 1193 new cases, no deaths

Quebec reported 1,193 additional cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, but recorded no new virus-related deaths.

Posted at 2:46 p.m.


Henri Ouellette-Vezina

Henri Ouellette-Vezina
The Press

These new cases bring to 1,092,934 the number of Quebecers who have been infected with the disease since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

By Friday, 1,429 more infections had been reported. That day, Quebec had also officially reported seven new deaths. The number of deaths remains unchanged in the last 24 hours in Quebec, however, the province recording no new deaths linked to COVID-19 on Saturday.

In the health network, the number of hospitalized patients admitted for or with COVID-19 continues to increase. According to the latest data available, dating from Friday, there are currently 1,313 hospitalizations, an increase of 19 patients from the previous day. Some 38 people are also in intensive care, a reduction of four beds in 48 hours.

According to the VaccineTracker Quebec site, 8,371 additional doses of vaccine were administered Friday across Quebec, the vast majority of which were third or fourth doses, as has been the case for several weeks.

So far, nearly 87% of the general population has so far had one dose, while more than 83.5% of Quebecers have two. About 52.5% of citizens have three doses, and just over 14.2% now have four.

Among those aged 5 and over, 92% received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 60% received a third dose. Among those aged 60 and over, 45% of Quebecers went for a fourth dose.

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