Quebec tops 14,000 COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations down 58 – GLOBAL

March 2, 2022

Quebec reached a grim milestone of more than 14,000 deaths since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic after the province reported 20 additional fatalities Wednesday.

Hospitalizations related to the health crisis plummeted. The total stood at 1,381, a drop of 58 compared with the previous day. This includes 82 patients in intensive care, a decrease of eight.

Officials say 88 people entered and 146 were discharged from hospitals across the province in the past 24 hours.

Quebec also reported 1,630 new cases, though this number isn’t reflective of the current situation since only high-risk groups can access government-run PCR testing sites.

A total of 17,424 tests were administered at those sites on Monday, the most recent day for which that information is available.

Quebecers registered the results of 385 rapid tests in the last day, including 297 positive results. More than 99,000 rapid test results have been declared by the population since the website was launched last month.

Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/8654100/quebec-covid19-march-2-2022/