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  • Regional update: no new cases on May 15

    — Penny MacWhirter & Holly Smith

    The breakdown of the 174 cases by health region (containing a hospital) is as follows: 

    • Bay of Chaleur sector – 131 (stable)
    • Rocher-Percé sector – 27 (stable)
    • Magdalen Islands – 9 (stable)
    • Côte-de-Gaspé – 5 (stable)
    • Haute-Gaspésie – 2 (stable)

    Regional: Global Portrait of the Situation

    Total confirmed casesCurrent hospitalizations
    		Intensive care
    		Deaths

    		Recovered

    174
    		1
    		1
    		8 (4.6%)143 (82.2%)

    Regional: MRC of Residence of the Cases

    MRC / living environmentConfirmed casesRate per 100,000Active cases
    Avignon
    – Community
    – Manoir du havre
    – Residence Saint Joseph    		80
    45
    28
    7    		543.2
    305.6
    NA
    NA    		15
    <5
    9
    <5
    Bonaventure51292<5
    Rocher-Percé27158.9<5
    Côte-de-Gaspén.d.n.d.<5
    Haute-Gaspésien.d.n.d.<5
    Magdalen Islands972.3<5
    Gaspé Peninsula Magdalen Islands174
    		193.2
    		23 (13.2%)

    Regional: Ages of confirmed cases

    Age groupConfirmed casesRate per 100,000
    Under 2015104.7
    20-3931187.5
    40-5976313.9
    60-6919107.7
    70-7913113.4
    80+20338.6
    TOTAL174193.2

    Regional: Ages of deaths

    Under 20 years of age0
    20-39 years0
    40-59 years0
    60+ years8

    Regional: Daily evolution

    Regional: Cumulative of confirmed, active and deceased cases

    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: 

    • 3401  – deaths (an increase of 50)
    • 41,420 – positive cases (an increase of 696)
    • 1822 – total hospitalizations (a decrease of 12)
    • 191 – people in intensive care (an increase of 1)

  • Regional update: One new case of COVID-19 in the region

    — Gilles Gagné and Penny MacWhirter

    CARLETON – The Public Health Board of the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands is reporting one new case of COVID-19, which brings the regional total to 174.

    The case occurred in the MRC of Bonaventure and it is the 51st case in that area. The new case is still under investigation and hasn’t been linked to a specific outbreak yet.

    There are no new COVID-19 casualties in the region, the total so far is 8. One additional person has recovered, for a total or 141. Sixteen people from the region have been hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic, with one person still in the intensive care unit at Rimouski hospital. The number of health sector employees infected with COVID-19 is stable at 43, including 16 CISSS employees.

    The breakdown of the 174 cases by health region (containing a hospital) is as follows: 

    • Bay of Chaleur sector – 131 (an increase of 1)
    • Rocher-Percé sector – 27 (stable)
    • Magdalen Islands – 9 (stable)
    • Côte-de-Gaspé – 5 (stable)
    • Haute-Gaspésie – 2 (stable)

    The totals for the province are as follows: 

    • 3351 – deaths (an increase of 131)
    • 40,724 – positive cases (an increase of 793)
    • 1834  – total hospitalizations (a decrease of 42)
    • 190  – people in intensive care (a decrease of 8)