COVID-19 numbers stayed below the 200-mark today as the province registered six new deaths.Health authorities say 198 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the provincial total to 53,047.A total of 4,984 people have died of COVID-19 in Quebec since the pandemic began.Quebec’s number of new cases have been trending downward, with less than 300 new positive tests a day for the past week.
Hospitalizations crept upward by seven to 979, while the number of people in intensive care declined by seven.Premier François Legault along with Health Minister Danielle McCann and Public Health Director Horacio Arruda will speak today in Montreal, which has recorded more than 26,000 cases.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the.