Quebec is reporting 202 additional deaths linked to COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the provincial tally to 4,641. Officials explain the huge spike is due to 165 deaths that weren’t counted previously due to a data transmission issue.
The number of deaths recorded in the past day is actually 37 and while the province has 51,059 confirmed cases, the number of new cases continued its decline with just 408 reported. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The uncounted deaths were all from the hard-hit Montreal area, which has accounted for half of the province’s novel coronavirus cases and more than 60 per cent of the deaths.