Quebec reports over 1,300 new COVID-19 cases for 3rd straight day

Nov 13 2020, 4:10 pm

Quebec health officials have added 1,301 new COVID-19 cases and 30 additional deaths.

It’s the province’s 3rd consecutive day of reporting more than 1,300 cases per day.

Of the newly added deaths, nine occurred over the past day and 16 between November 6 and 11, one occurred before November 6, and four have occurred at an “unknown date,” as per Santé Quebec.

Total coronavirus cases in the province have now reached 121,195 along with 6,586 deaths.

Public health is reporting 1,902,743 total negative tests and 583 hospitalizations — 85 of which are in intensive care. Hospitalizations and patients in intensive care have both increased over the past day.

According to Santé Québec, over 95,000 cases have been deemed as “recoveries.”

The new data has been reported by hospitals and public health officials as of Thursday, November 12, at 6 pm.

Santé Quebec

“For now, the spread of the COVID-19 is under control in Quebec,” says public health, “but the present weeks are critical.”

The government has added new visuals to its coronavirus website, including a graph of the province’s distributions of death, by age group:

Quebec.ca

Public health continues to advise people to frequently wash their hands, use alcohol-based sanitizers, wear face masks in public, and respect the maximum 10-person limit for indoor gatherings.

Canada’s coronavirus death toll is now 10,768.

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