Although the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to decline in Quebec and Ontario, hospitals in these two provinces continue to fill up faster than ever.
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On the one hand, Quebec now has 2,436 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in its hospitals, 140 more than the day before. Of the number, 257 patients are in intensive care, up from 12 patients.
Despite making up just 11% of the population, the unvaccinated make up 35% of newly infected patients who entered hospital on Saturday, government statistics released on Sunday show.
In addition, 23 more people died after contracting the virus.
The only positive point is the number of new cases, although underestimated due to screening policies, so much to decrease with 11,007 contaminations, or much less than the 15,000 cases detected on average every day during the last week. .
Ontario is also facing a growing number of hospitalizations with 2,419 occupied beds, including 422 in intensive care.
These numbers, especially for regular hospitalizations, may be underestimated, since many hospitals in Ontario do not report all of their data on weekends, said Health Minister Christine Elliott.
The country’s most populous province also added 11,959 cases and 20 deaths to its death toll.
In the Atlantic provinces, the pandemic continues in Nova Scotia (837 cases) and Newfoundland and Labrador (367 cases), but remains more under control in New Brunswick (201 cases, 1 death ).
In the west, only Saskatchewan (1,095 cases) has updated its data.
Ontario: 878,591 cases (10,365 deaths)
Quebec: 739,293 cases (11,940 deaths)
Alberta: 395,252 cases (3,338 deaths)
British Columbia: 276,875 cases (2,439 deaths)
Saskatchewan: 91,860 cases (961 deaths)
Manitoba: 94,850 cases (1,408 deaths)
Nova Scotia: 25,925 cases (112 deaths)
New Brunswick: 20,479 cases (172 deaths)
Newfoundland and Labrador: 8,316 cases (21 deaths)
Northwest Territories: 2,801 cases (12 deaths)
Prince Edward Island: 2,463 cases
Yukon: 2,125 cases (15 deaths)
Nunavut: 977 cases (4 deaths)
Canadian returnees: 13 cases
Total: approximately 2,539,930 cases (30,787 deaths)
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