Hospital numbers continue slow decrease

Record Staff
Hospital numbers continue slow decrease

There were 3,283 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the Province of Quebec on Sunday, 49 per cent of which were considered primary cases. This marks a slight decrease from the peak of 3,425 recorded on Jan. 18, but remains higher than at almost any other point so far during the pandemic. At 273, the number of people in intensive care with Covid was down from where it was as of the last report in The Record, although there was some fluctuation over the weekend. The province recorded another 160 deaths related to the virus from Friday through Sunday’s update. The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in the Eastern Townships climbed to 471 as of Friday, with the addition of seven. The local public health department reported 133 hospitalizations, including 18 people in intensive care. The local update also listed 481 confirmed cases of COVID-19 employees of the CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS. The CIUSSS also began sharing data on the coverage of the third-dose campaign for vaccination on Friday, indicating that 41.2 per cent of people over the age of five in the region have received a booster shot. Meanwhile, 57.1 per cent of children aged five to 11 have now received a first dose (compared to 61 per cent across the province) and 5 per cent have either received a second or had Covid in addition to that initial dose (compared to 3 per cent across Quebec.)

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