COVID-19 as hospital numbers jumped Tuesday.Pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 2,409, a rise of 64. This comes following 204 admissions and 140 discharges in the last day.Health authorities say intensive care unit cases linked to the disease totaled 90, an increase of four.The province recorded 1,670 new novel coronavirus cases, though it’s not an accurate portrait of the situation.
The daily tally is based on PCR testing, which is limited to certain groups. Canada eased its travel rules again. What to know, and how to guard against COVID On that note, 13,479 tests were administered at government-run screening clinics in the latest update.Quebecers also continued to register the results of their rapid tests, adding 629 to the online portal.
Of those tests, 508 were positive for the virus.The COVID-19 vaccination campaign doled out another 22,303 doses in a 24-hour stretch.