COVID-19 cases on Saturday with 3,127 new infections, as well as 41 additional deaths related to the novel coronavirus.Of the new deaths, health authorities say 12 occurred in the last 24 hours, 24 happened between Jan.
2 and Jan. 7, and five occurred prior to Jan. 2.This brings the death toll in the province to 8,647.Officials say the number of hospitalizations decreased by 11 compared to Friday, for a total of 1,392 — 206 of which are in intensive care.The new cases bring the cumulative number of COVID-19 infections in Quebec to 226,233 since the pandemic began.
Public health says 192,979 people have recovered.At least 38,700 tests were administered on Jan. 7 — the last date for which testing data is available.