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COVID-19 update: Quebec report 10 more deaths

The province said 1,203 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, the fewest since June 2022.

A COVID-19 testing facility.
A COVID-19 testing facility. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette files

Quebec announced on Tuesday that 10 more deaths had been attributed to COVID-19, bringing the province’s death toll to 18,279.

The province said 1,203 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 — a decrease of three since the last time data was published. That’s the fewest hospitalizations reported since June 2022.

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Of those patients, the number in intensive care remained stable at 33.

The province reported 436 more COVID-19 cases had been confirmed through PCR testing at its clinics and there were 23 self-reported positives from rapid tests. However, because PCR testing is not accessible to most Quebecers and self-reports are not verified, the case numbers are not representative of the situation in the province.

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