Quebec confirms 82 more coronavirus deaths as cases top 42,000

The Quebec government revealed that the province’s COVID-19-related death toll has reached 3,483, after announcing 82 more deaths on Saturday.

In addition, officials confirmed 763 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of known cases province-wide to 42,183.

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Of those, 1,763 of those require hospitalization, 179 of whom are in ICU.

A total of 11,458 people in the province are now considered recovered, and 282,551 tests have turned up negative throughout Quebec.