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Regional update: Another death and one additional case of COVID-19
MARIA – The Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands Public Health Board is reporting an eighth death due to COVID-19. It is the second such casualty at the Residence Saint Joseph in two days. That residence is owned by the Government of Quebec and managed by the Integrated Health and Social Services Centre (CISSS).
One additional person has COVID-19, which brings the regional total to 168. For now, the new case hasn’t been linked to a known epidemiological cluster and remain under investigation.
The Public Health Board reports that four additional people have recovered from COVID-19, for a total of 92. One person was hospitalized over the last 24 hours, but the number of individuals hospitalized is still two since one patient was released over the same period. The number of health care employees infected with the COVID-19 has increased from 39 to 40. There are now 16 Integrated Health and Social Services Centre employees with COVID-19.
The totals for the province are as follows:
- 2022 deaths (an increase of 163)*
- 28,648 positive cases (an increase of 1110)
- 1716 total hospitalizations (an increase of 32)
- 218 people in intensive care (an increase of 4)
*Some of the deaths recorded today consist of previously unrecorded deaths.
The next provincial briefing will be May 4 (they are now only held three times per week.)
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Regional update: Seventh COVID-19 death in the region
MARIA – The Public Health Board is reporting the death of a Residence Saint Joseph patient, which is the first COVID-19-related death in 15 days. It is the seventh such casualty to occur in the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are also three new cases of COVID-19, which brings the regional total to 167. Those three cases are currently under investigation and for now haven’t been linked to a known epidemiological cluster.
Six additional people have recovered from COVID-19, for a total of 88. There are no new hospitalizations. Two individuals are still hospitalized in Rimouski, but they are not in intensive care. So far, 15 people with the coronavirus have been hospitalized. Thirty-nine healthcare employees have been infected, including 15 employees of the Integrated Health and Social Services Centre. Seven residents of the Residence Saint Joseph in Maria are currently infected.
The breakdown of the 167 cases by health region (containing a hospital) is as follows: (updated April 29 at 6 p.m.)
- Bay of Chaleur sector – 127
- Rocher-Percé sector – 25
- Magdalen Islands – 8
- Côte-de-Gaspé – 5
- Haute-Gaspésie – less than 5
Note: The Public Health Board does not release numbers in a sector if the number of cases is less than five. The total of confirmed cases in a health region does not always correspond to the sum of cases in that health region (RLS) due to unknown values, data entry errors or transfers between regions. The total in one health region won’t necessarily correspond with the total for the outbreaks in that health region, since some cases are located (reside) in other health regions.
The totals for the province are as follows: (updated April 29 at 6 p.m.)
- 1859 deaths (an increase of 98)
- 27,538 positive cases (an increase of 944)
- 1684 total hospitalizations (an increase of 36)
- 214 people in intensive care (a decrease of 8)