In brief: A selection of today s reports on montrealgazette.com.
Author of the article: Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 3 minute read • Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, seen in a file photo, praised the “audacity” of members of the Parti Québécois after they endorsed a policy of applying the French Language Charter to the CEGEP system. Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press
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Quebec reported 683 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Sunday, a decrease of nine from the previous day. The number of people in intensive care remained the same at 175 patients. Read more pandemic updates here.
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One death previously attributed to the pandemic has been removed from the death toll after further tests revealed that it was not related to COVID-19.
Some other key statistics from Quebecâs latest COVID-19 update, published this morning:
Montreal Island: 287 new cases, 2 deaths.
3 more people are in hospital. Total hospitalizations: 686.
8 more people are in intensive care. Total in ICU: 183. Thatâs the highest it has been since Feb. 1.
40,433 additional vaccine doses were administered, bringing the total to 2,399,934.
On Saturday, Quebec conducted 26,132 tests. Thatâs the last day for which screening data is available.
The positivity rate is 3.5 per cent.
The organizers of Sunday s protest - that will take place at Jeanne-Mance Park in Montreal s Plateau borough at 5:30 p.m. - say that they are against conspiracy theories and insist that those who attend the event respect of logical sanitary measures, the respect of the people present, and the respect of the diversity of tactics. They call on those who attend to respect two-metre distancing, wear a mask and stay home if suffering from COVID-19 symptoms. The answer to a public health crisis is not to render the most marginalized people even more precarious, the organizers write. The curfew isn t an answer, the curfew is the repressive measure of a state that uses its police more and more in a futile attempt to address much wider issues.
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