Daily burden of COVID-19 cases in Quebec exceeds 640, 2 new deaths

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Quebec on Thursday reported 644 new cases and two more deaths related to the virus.

The number of hospitalizations related to the health crisis was unchanged at 298. While 30 patients were admitted in the last 24 hours, health officials say 30 were also discharged.

This includes 76 people in intensive care, an increase of one compared to the previous day.

The province has delivered more than 13 million injections of the new coronavirus vaccine to date, including 11,774 in the last day.

Health officials say 32,869 tests were performed on Tuesday, the most recent day for which screening data is available.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 417,832 cases in Quebec. The death toll has reached 11,431.

With regard to recoveries, the government reported that to date more than 401,000 people have been recovered.