coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total since the start of the pandemic to 59,312.The number of patients requiring hospitalization dropped below the 200 mark to 189 — a decrease of 19 in the last 24 hours.
Of those, 15 patients are in an intensive care unit, three fewer than reported on Thursday. Saint-Eustache hospital remains open amid COVID-19 outbreak Another person’s death has been linked to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities in Quebec to 5,674.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Health officials say 17,190 screening tests were administered on July 29, the last day for which numbers were available.