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  • Regional update: Two new cases reported today, 46 active cases remain in the region

    — Holly Smith

    New Cases: There are two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands. This brings the total number of cases in the region to 1,687.  Two additional individuals were hospitalized today, but two other patients were released, so the number of current hospitalizations remains the same at nine.

    New cases:

    • 2 – Rocher-Percé MRC

    Active cases

    There are currently 46 active cases in the region:

    • Avignon MRC – 5
    • Bonaventure MRC – less than 5
    • Rocher-Percé MRC – 29
    • Côte-de-Gaspé MRC – 7
    • Haute-Gaspésie MRC – less than 5
    • Magdalen Islands – less than 5

    Vaccines: Number of administered doses of the vaccine in the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands: 2598 (2.9%).

    Provincial numbers:

    • Total cases 234,695
    • Total new cases +2,071
    • Recovered cases 202,166
    • Total deaths 8,815
    • New deaths +35
    • Current hospitalizations 1,516
    • New hospitalizations +19
    • Total individuals in ICU 229
    • New individuals in ICU +8
    • Total vaccinations administered 107,365
    • New vaccinations administered +7,855

  • Regional update: only 60 active cases

    — Penny MacWhirter

    New Cases: There are two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands. This brings the total number of cases in the region to 1,681.  Nine individuals are currently hospitalized as a result of COVID-19.

    New cases:

    • 2 – Rocher-Percé MRC

    Active cases

    There are currently 60 active cases in the region:

    • Avignon MRC – 8
    • Bonaventure MRC – less than 5
    • Rocher-Percé MRC – 37
    • Côte-de-Gaspé MRC – 10
    • Haute-Gaspésie MRC – less than 5
    • Magdalen Islands – less than 5

    Vaccines:

    Number of administered doses of the vaccine in the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands: 2510* (2.9 % of the population)

    *number was revised by Public Health

    Quebec Government priority groups – vaccination campaign

    Source: Government of Quebec website

    Provincial numbers:

    • Total cases 230,690
    • Total new cases +1869
    • Recovered cases 197,938
    • Total deaths 8,737
    • New deaths +51
    • Current hospitalizations 1,436
    • New hospitalizations +56
    • Total individuals in ICU 211
    • New individuals in ICU +8
    • Total vaccinations administered 92,452
    • New vaccinations administered +8400