Quebec COVID Deaths

• Ottawa announces $221M for Quebec’s long-term care homes

  Quebec's long-term care homes were particularly hard-hit at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost 4,000 deaths between March 2020 and June 2020.

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  Jun 27, 2022
  
• Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death

  Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths.

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  May 30, 2022
  
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• High January death toll partly due to Quebec’s slow COVID-19 booster rollout, experts say

  Two health experts say the high COVID-19 death toll is due, in part, to Quebec's slow campaign to deliver booster doses to people 70 and older living outside institutional care.

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  Jan 27, 2022
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• Quebec surpasses 13,000 COVID-19 deaths, the highest in Canada

  Quebec has reached another grim milestone recording more than 13,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, including 73 on Wednesday.

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  Jan 26, 2022
• Quebec reports almost 100 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations drop

  Quebec is reporting 98 new deaths, while hospitalizations fell by 14 to 3,411 in the last day. Officials say 352 people were admitted, while 366 were discharged.

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  Jan 20, 2022
• Quebec reports another record 3,300 hospitalizations, health authority says it may move to Level 5

  A Montreal health authority said it may have to move beyond the current highest level of service reduction, known as Level 4, as the Omicron variant fuels a surge in COVID cases.

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  Jan 16, 2022
• COVID-19: Quebec reports 44 deaths as hospitalizations climb to 2,296

  Saturday's COVID-19 case counts in Quebec represent the highest daily death toll in the province in nearly a year.

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  Jan 8, 2022
• Coroner probing COVID-19 deaths in Quebec long-term care homes says workers deserve respect

  The assistant nurse says those responsible for the facility found it easier to cite COVID-19 than admit some residents died due to a lack of staffing.

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  Sep 14, 2021
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• Quebec tops 11,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 pandemic, 660 new cases

  Quebec reached a grim milestone Tuesday of more than 11,000 deaths attributable to COVID-19 as authorities reported 660 new cases and nine additional fatalities.

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  May 11, 2021