Cases of the novel coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, have climbed to 2,498 in Quebec on Saturday — an increase of 477 since Friday — and the number of deaths has climbed by four to 22.
The Quebec government announced the new number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the province as of Saturday is at 164, an increase of 23.
This includes 57 people in intensive care, which is an increase of seven. The number of negative test results has climbed to 43,589 and there are currently 6,757 cases under investigation.
The number of confirmed cases of the virus in Montreal is at 1,219 as of Saturday. Quebec’s public health director Dr. Horacio Arruda confirmed that none of the 22 deaths in Quebec were that of people under 60, specifying that most