Quebec adds 38 COVID-related deaths, 24 more patients in hospital
Posted April 21, 2022 11:28 am.
Quebec adding 38 more COVID-19 deaths, while hospitalizations saw a rise of 24 patients. ICU numbers with a decrease of 13 in the last 24 hours.
Close to 11,000 health care workers (10,932) are absent from the system for COVID-related reasons (preventive withdrawal, isolation, awaiting results, etc.).
Quebec with 14,778 fatalities total since the pandemic began.
2,405 people being treated for the virus in hospital – 243 new entries and 219 discharges.
Of those, 88 in ICU, with seven newly admitted and 20 released.
A total of 2,909 new infections, with 817 tests self-declared by Quebecers who were positive. The overall case numbers likely an undercount as access to PCR tests is limited to specific groups and not everyone self-declare their rapid tests.
Vaccinations:
-43K+ doses administered last 24 hours, 19.2M+ total so far
For more: Quebec.ca
