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Quebec reports increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, with two more deaths

Hospitals are grappling with staff shortages in the 6th wave of the pandemic. Many workers are off sick due to COVID-19. Katrina Squazzin has more on how hospitals are navigating the situation – Apr 13, 2022

Quebec is reporting a 28-patient jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations Sunday.

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The government’s open data portal shows there are 2,159 people in hospital with the disease.

There are 101 patients listed in intensive care, a drop of four patients from Saturday.

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According to the open data portal, two more deaths were attributed to the novel coronavirus, for a total of 14,614 since the pandemic began.

The data shows there have been 1,040 new infections confirmed by PCR testing on Saturday, which is limited to higher-risk groups.

People aged 70 and over account for more than 71 per cent of the overall hospitalizations; further details on COVID-19-related hospitalizations and vaccinations will be released Tuesday.

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