Regional update: only six active cases

June 7, 2020 — Penny MacWhirter

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to announce today. The current statistics for the region are as follows.

The total number of cases in the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands is 185, of those cases 171 have recovered (92.4%). The total number of deaths is stable at 8. Eighteen people have been hospitalized as a result of COVID-19. Currently only one of those individuals is hospitalized. That person is in intensive care outside the region Forty-six health care workers in the region have contracted the virus (18 of them are CISSS employees).

The breakdown of the 185 cases by health region (containing a hospital) is as follows:

Bay of Chaleur sector – 134 (stable)
Rocher-Percé sector – 29 (stable)
Magdalen Islands – 9 (stable)
Côte-de-Gaspé – 11 (stable)
Haute-Gaspésie – n.d. (stable)

Distribution of deaths by living environment *

Health Region	CH	CHSLD	HOME	RI	RPA	OTHER	UNKNOWN	DEATHS (N)	DEATHS (%)
Gaspé-Magdalen Islands		2	1		5			8	0.2%
Prov. Total	236	3204	453	167	865	46	7	4978	100%

*CH: hospital centre; CHSLD: long-term care; RI: intermediate resource; RPA: private seniors’ residence. source: inspq

Regional: MRC of Residence of the Cases

MRC / living environment	Confirmed cases	Rate per 100,000	Active cases
Avignon – Community – Manoir du havre – Residence Saint Joseph	81 46 28 7	550 312.4 NA NA	<5 <5 <5 <5
Bonaventure	53	292	<5
Rocher-Percé	29	170.7	<5
Côte-de-Gaspé	11	62.8	<5
Haute-Gaspésie	n.d.	n.d.	<5
Magdalen Islands	n.d.	n.d.	<5
Gaspé Peninsula Magdalen Islands	185	205.4	6 (3.2%)

n.d. (not divulged because of confidentiality due to low numbers).
Source: Gaspé Peninsula Public Health Board

The totals for the province are as follows:

4978 – deaths (an increase of 8)
52,849 – positive cases (an increase of 225)
972 – total hospitalizations (a decrease of 9)
128 – people in intensive care (a decrease of 1)

*As of May 19, the number of cured patients who are still hospitalized because they are waiting to be transferred will be excluded from the total number of hospitalizations. With the withdrawal of these patients, there is a significant decrease in the number of regular hospitalizations, but no decrease in the number of intensive care hospitalizations.

Regional update: after four consecutive days without any new cases, Saturday is marked by two new cases

May 30, 2020 — Penny MacWhirter

The Public Health Board has announced two new cases in the Côte-de-Gaspé (one of the cases is a result of family transmission). The regional total is now 184.

The number of deaths is stable at 8. The number of recovered individuals is stable at 161. There is one additional case in the health sector bringing the total to 46, 18 of which are CISSS employees.

The breakdown of the 184 cases by health region (containing a hospital) is as follows:

Bay of Chaleur sector – 133 (stable)

Rocher-Percé sector – 29 (stable)

Magdalen Islands – 9 (stable)

Côte-de-Gaspé – 11 (an increase of 2)

Haute-Gaspésie – 2 (stable)

Regional: Global Portrait of the Situation

Total confirmed cases	Current hospitalizations	ICU	Deaths	Recovered
184	2	1	8 (4.3%)	161 (87.5%)

Regional: MRC of Residence of the Cases

MRC / living environment	Confirmed cases	Rate per 100,000	Active cases
Avignon – Community – Manoir du havre – Residence Saint Joseph	80 45 28 7	543.2 305.6 NA NA	7 <5 6 <5
Bonaventure	53	303.4	<5
Rocher-Percé	29	170.7	<5
Côte-de-Gaspé	11	62.8	5
Haute-Gaspésie	2		<5
Magdalen Islands	9		<5
Gaspé Peninsula Magdalen Isands	184	204.3	15 (8.2%)

Source: Gaspé Peninsula Public Health Board

The totals for the province are as follows:

4439 – deaths (an increase of 76)

50,651 – positive cases (an increase of 419)

1197 – total hospitalizations (a decrease of 68)

167 – people in intensive care (a decrease of 5)