501 new COVID-19 cases in the last 3 days in Quebec

In comparison, the province said 298 cases in three days last week.

In the last 24 hours, 154 new cases have been reported in Quebec, according to a report released by the Department of Public Health on Monday morning. No new deaths were reported.

The total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in Quebec since February 2020 is 11,241.

Evolution of COVID-19 in Quebec

Of the total 61 patients bedridden due to COVID-19, hospital admissions increased by 1 compared to last Friday’s data.

Of these, 17 are being treated in intensive care, which is consistent with Friday’s assessment.

As for screening activity, they continue in Quebec, where 10,906 samples were taken on July 31 (positive rate 1.4%). The reproduction rate (Rt) rose to 1.17 to address the same level at the end of March.

Vaccine

In the last 24 hours, 38,247 doses were injected into the cubes, with an additional 363 doses given before 1^{There is} August, for a total of 38,883. This is a 30% reduction from the 55,435 doses recorded on the same date the previous week.

In total, 11,370,519 doses of the vaccine have been given to cubes since the campaign began last December.

Health officials say at least 84.6% of the population received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 68.0% of the population received the second dose.

To date, 13,345,879 doses have been delivered to Quebec. It is expected that 585,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine will be delivered this week.

Excess vaccine doses

Quebec has completed the distribution of the Astrogeneca and Modern vaccines to avoid overdose, according to Public Health. So far, the Department of Health and Social Services (MSSS) has returned 106,400 doses of Astrogenogen and 1,853,180 doses of Moderna to federal authorities.

These figures are obtained after estimating the number of vaccines needed to complete the vaccination campaign., Said spokeswoman Marjorie Loroch MSSSS Who mentioned that province There was an overdose of the estrogen and moderna vaccine.

Ms Lauroch added that with the COVAX program to donate to other countries, the surplus in question would be returned to Ottawa. We have enough to complete the administration of the second dose for those who have already been vaccinated, She said.

Laval is even more affected

Regionally, Laval has the most active cases in its population ratio (34.3 cases per 100,000 population), pre-center-to-Quebec (24.4 cases per 100,000 population), which is now higher than Montreal (21.5 cases per 100,000 population).