Quebec is reporting 1,328 new circumstances and 53 extra deaths Wednesday on account of the continued COVID-19 well being disaster.
Over the course of the pandemic, the province has seen 257,330 novel coronavirus circumstances, whereas the demise toll has reached 9,630. Recoveries have topped 232,000.
Hospitalizations associated to the novel coronavirus dropped by 34 to 1,290. Of these sufferers, 4 extra are in intensive take care of a complete of 221.
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Well being Minister Christian Dubé says the downward pattern of circumstances and hospitalizations in latest weeks is encouraging.
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“We’re heading in the right direction,” he wrote on Twitter.
With regards to screening, well being authorities say 28,061 exams got Monday, the newest day for which that data is accessible. Greater than 5.7 million exams have been administered thus far.
Quebec offered 4,340 vaccines Tuesday because the province begins to cope with the anticipated slowdown attributable to non permanent cargo delays of the Pfizer vaccine. Since December, 229,219 doses have been given.
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