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Regional update: only six active cases

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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 RegionCHCHSLDHOMERIRPAOTHERUNKNOWNDEATHS (N)DEATHS (%)
Gaspé-Magdalen Islands21580.2%
Prov. Total23632044531678654674978100%

*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 environmentConfirmed casesRate per 100,000Active cases
Avignon
– Community
– Manoir du havre
– Residence Saint Joseph
81
46
28
7
550
312.4
NA
NA
<5
<5
<5
<5
Bonaventure53292<5
Rocher-Percé29170.7<5
Côte-de-Gaspé1162.8<5
Haute-Gaspésien.d.n.d.<5
Magdalen Islandsn.d.n.d.<5
Gaspé Peninsula Magdalen Islands185205.46 (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.