Hospitalizations keep climbing as Quebec reports 530 new COVID-19 cases - Montreal Gazette

The number of hospitalizations and patients in intensive care are both at their highest levels in more than two months.

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A nurse scans a client's information at the commercial drive-thru COVID-19 testing tent at Fairview Pointe Claire mall west of Montreal Sunday September 5, 2021. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

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Quebec reported 530 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, 419 of which were identified in people who had not been fully vaccinated.

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The additional cases saw the seven-day rolling average of new cases in the province rise to 648, its highest point since mid-May.

A total of 393,337 infections have now been confirmed in the province since the first one was reported in February of 2020.

Hospitalizations and admissions to intensive care continue to rise, reaching levels last experienced more than two months ago, when the province was on the downslope of the third wave.

The number of hospitalizations increased by 11 to 160, which is nearly three times the number of patients who were in hospital due to COVID-19 a month ago.

Of those patients, 64 are in intensive care — an increase of eight and the biggest single-day jump since April.

Health ministry information indicates that 20 of the 23 people who were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours were not fully vaccinated.

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