COVID-19 cases on Sunday and 39 additional deaths connected to the novel coronavirus.Of the new deaths, health authorities say 14 occurred in the last 24 hours, 23 happened between Jan.
3 and Jan. 8, and two occurred prior to Jan. 3.This brings the death toll in the province to 8,686.Officials say the number of hospitalizations decreased by 12 compared to Saturday, for a total of 1,380 — 203 of whom are in intensive care.The new cases bring the cumulative number of COVID-19 infections in Quebec to 228,821 since the pandemic began.
Public health says 195,663 people have recovered.At least 35,114 tests were administered on Jan. 8 — the last date for which testing data is available.