Quebec reported 750 new cases and two more deaths Friday amid an evolving fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The latest daily tally marked the third consecutive day that infections topped 600. Health officials recorded 699 new cases the previous day.
Pandemic-related hospitalizations rose by nine to 147. Of those patients, there are seven more in intensive care units for a total of 49.
Health Minister Christian Dubé said 24 more people were admitted to hospitals across the province in the past day.
“We can expect it to continue to rise with the increase in cases over the past few days,” he wrote on Twitter.
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The province doled out another 29,126 shots of the vaccine, including 26,959 in the past 24-hour period. The immunization rollout has seen more than 12.4 million doses given to date.
Dubé encouraged Quebecers to roll up their sleeves if they haven’t already done so, but also asked those who are fully vaccinated to respect sanitary measures to protect themselves and others.
Screening data shows 21,178 tests were provided Wednesday. It is the most recent day for which that information is available.
Quebec’s case count has reached 391,363 while 11,291 people have died in the province since the beginning of the health crisis.
So far, more than 374,000 people have recovered from the virus.