Quebec reports 795 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

By The Canadian Press

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 795 new COVID-19 cases today, with five more deaths related to the novel coronavirus.

Health authorities say hospitalizations rose by three from Friday’s levels to 301, while the number of patients in intensive care dropped by one to 90.

The Health Department says of the latest reported infections, 567 were among people who were either unvaccinated or who had only received a first dose within the past two weeks.

According to the province’s public health institute, about 89 per cent of Quebecers aged 12 and older have received at least one dose, while 83 per cent are considered fully vaccinated with two shots.

Quebec’s health ministry is warning people to be aware of cellphone applications that deliberately try to mimic the look of the app used for the province’s proof-of-vaccination system.

The ministry issued a release saying people have copied the visual developed for the VaxiCode app and succeeded in having look-alike products approved for download on Google Play.

The ministry says staff have contacted Google to have the phoney apps removed from the platform.

The release says the situation has no effect on the integrity or security of the two official government apps which are geared towards merchants and consumers, respectively.

The government says the official apps do not require access to a phone camera and do not contain ads. Anyone wanting to download the app should make sure to search for the exact “VaxiCode” name with no accents and no words before or after.

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