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  • 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

  • Regional update: two additional hospitalizations as a result of COVID

    — Penny MacWhirter

    New Cases: There are three new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Gaspé Peninsula and Magdalen Islands. This brings the total number of cases in the region to 1,679.  Nine (+2) individuals are currently hospitalized as a result of COVID-19.

    New cases:

    • 1 – Bonaventure MRC
    • 2 – Rocher-Percé MRC

    Active cases

    There are currently 66 active cases in the region:

    • Avignon MRC – 10
    • Bonaventure MRC – less than 5
    • Rocher-Percé MRC – 41
    • 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: 2605 (2.9 % of the population)

    Provincial numbers:

    • Total cases 228,821
    • Total new cases +2588
    • Recovered cases 195,663
    • Total deaths 8,686
    • New deaths +39
    • Current hospitalizations 1,380
    • New hospitalizations -12
    • Total individuals in ICU 203
    • New individuals in ICU -3
    • Total vaccinations administered 84,387
    • New vaccinations administered +9,264