Quebec on Friday recorded 12 more deaths from COVID-19 as hospital admissions in the province continue to fall.
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A total of 1,997 people remain in a hospital center related to the virus. That’s 14 fewer than the day before.
However, there was a slight increase in the ICU (47, +2).
Nearly a thousand new cases of COVID-19 have been reported at testing centers in the past 24 hours and 183 positive rapid tests have been self-reported.
The health network is still missing 4,280 workers because of the virus, whether for precautionary withdrawal, isolation or waiting for results.
THE SITUATION IN QUEBEC ON AUGUST 19, 2022
- 1,168,546 infected (+1997*)
- 16,207 deaths (+12)
- 4,280 healthcare workers are absent due to COVID-related reasons
- 1997 people hospitalized (-14)
- 47 people in intensive care (+2)
- 12,083 samples taken on August 17th
- So far 278,293 self-declared rapid tests, of which 232,983 are positive: 214 declared for yesterday, of which 183 are positive.
- 22,845 doses administered are added, for a total of 20,533,437 doses administered in Quebec.
* The number of cases listed is not representative of the situation as access to screening centers is restricted to priority constituencies