1,279 new cases of COVID-19 in Quebec

Quebec has, on Saturday, 1,279 additional cases and 15 more deaths linked to COVID-19, for a total of 92,297 people infected and 6,032 dead since the start of the pandemic.

• Read also: All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic

Of the 15 reported deaths, six occurred in the past 24 hours while eight occurred between October 10 and October 15 and one on an unknown date.

One death has been removed from the total death toll since an investigation has shown that it was not attributable to the new coronavirus.

THE SITUATION IN QUEBEC AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2020

– 92,297 people infected (+1279)

– 6,032 deaths (+15)

– 517 people hospitalized (+10)

– 85 people in intensive care (-2)

– The withdrawals made on October 15 amounted to 26,627, for a total of 2,778,700

CASE REPORT BY REGION

Bas-Saint-Laurent: 408 (+3)

Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean: 718 (+29)

Capitale-Nationale: 6917 (+185)

Mauricie-et-Center-du-Quebec: 3397 (+129)

Estrie: 2263 (+60)

Montreal: 38 968 (+291)

Outaouais: 2008 (+45)

Abitibi-Témiscamingue: 242 (+2)

North Shore: 165 (-)

Nord-du-Quebec: 9 (-)

Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine: 679 (+18)

Chaudière-Appalaches: 2512 (+78)

Laval: 8568 (+92)

Lanaudière: 6116 (+71)

Laurentians: 5737 (+69)

Montérégie: 13,478 (+184)

Nunavik: 28 (-)

Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James: 14 (-)

Outside Quebec: 68 (+13)

Region to be determined: 2 (-)

Total: 92,297 confirmed cases

REPORT OF DEATHS BY REGION

Bas-Saint-Laurent: 7

Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean: 29 (+2)

Capitale-Nationale: 256

Mauricie-et-Center-du-Quebec: 216

Estrie: 34

Montreal: 3507 (+1)

Outaouais: 34

Abitibi-Témiscamingue: 4

North Shore: 1

Northern Quebec: 0

Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine: 22 (+1)

Chaudière-Appalaches: 43 (+2)

Laval: 704 (+3)

Lanaudière: 225

Laurentians: 291 (+2)

Montérégie: 658 (+3)

Nunavik: 0

Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James: 1

Outside Quebec: 0

Region to be determined: 0

Total: 6,032 deaths

www.journaldequebec.com

About Victoria Smith

Victoria Smith who hails from Toronto, Canada currently runs this news portofolio who completed Masters in Political science from University of Toronto. She started her career with BBC then relocated to TorontoStar as senior political reporter. She is caring and hardworking.

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