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Some other key statistics from Quebec’s latest COVID-19 update, published this morning:
Montreal Island: 299 cases, zero deaths.
29 more people are in hospital. Total hospitalizations: 543.
2 more people are in intensive care. Total in ICU: 123.
43,631 additional vaccine doses were administered, bringing the total to 1,636,310.
On Monday, Quebec conducted 34,499 tests. That’s the last day for which screening data is available.
The positivity rate is 4 per cent.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Quebec has reported 319,802 cases and 10,709 deaths linked to COVID-19. A total of 298,298 people who have contracted the disease have since recovered.
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