Quebec health institute forecasts decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations – CBC
Hospitalizations still double what they were a year ago
Apr 27, 2022
The number of hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 in Quebec is expected to decline over the next two weeks, a Quebec government health-care research institute said Wednesday.
The Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux is forecasting that the number of people with the disease hospitalized outside of intensive care will decline to 1,912 over the next two weeks, while the number of patients in intensive care will drop to 70.
The provincial Health Ministry reported 2,372 patients in hospital with the disease Wednesday, a decline of 37 from the day before. That included 92 people in intensive care, an increase of two.
The institute said in a news release it expects the number of new patients to decline to around 150 a day. On Wednesday, health officials said 213 people had been admitted to hospital in the previous 24 hours and 250 were discharged.
Dr. Matthew Oughton, an infectious disease specialist at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital, said that even though the number of new hospitalizations may be levelling off, the virus remains present in Quebec.
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