quebec announced on thursday that 17 more deaths had been attributed to covid-19, bringing the province’s death toll to 17,514.
the number of patients hospitalized with
covid-19
rose by 25 to 2,106.
that’s the highest level since the first week of august.
of those patients, the number in intensive care increased by four to 67.
the province reported that 1,351 more covid-19 cases had been confirmed through pcr testing at its clinics. however, because this method of testing is not accessible to most quebecers, the case numbers are not representative of the situation in the province.
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covid-19 hospitalizations at four-month high as quebec reports 17 deaths