Quebec COVID hospitalizations jump by 50 patients, over 3,700 health workers out sick
Posted December 21, 2022 12:14 pm.
Last Updated December 21, 2022 12:22 pm.
Quebec with 16 COVID deaths added to its total and hospitalizations up by 50 patients.
The latest data shows the province is dealing with 435 active outbreaks and 3,731 health workers absent from the system due to the virus.
17,586 fatalities total since the pandemic began: six in the last 24 hours, two added from the last week to the total, and eight that occurred over seven days ago.
2,149 people being treated in hospital, but 746 of those admitted because of COVID-19 symptoms, the rest tested positive after being hospitalized for other ailments. 216 new entries and 166 discharges.
Of those, 57 in ICU, including 32 specifically for COVID and the rest testing positive after being admitted – that number stable compared to the previous day, with nine newly admitted and nine released.
#COVID19 – En date du 20 décembre, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/TG8KBlln4B pic.twitter.com/h1K0pMjF6z
— MSSS (@msss_qc) December 21, 2022
A total of 1,439 new infections in the last 24 hours, with 131 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.
Vaccination rates:
-13K+ doses administered last 24 hours, 22.7M+ total so far
For more: Quebec.ca
