COVID-19 health crisis continues, Quebec is reporting 588 new cases and eight more deaths Tuesday.Of those deaths, one occurred in the past 24 hours while the others were retroactively added to the tally, according to health authorities.The novel coronavirus case count has now reached 288,941 while recoveries have topped 271,000.
The pandemic has claimed the lives of 10,407 Quebecers — which remains the highest death toll in the country. Mass coronavirus vaccinations begin in Montreal with seniors as young as 70 allowed to register Hospitalizations linked to the virus rose by 16 to 628.
Of those patients, 121 are in intensive care, an increase of one from the previous day.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus.