Over 2 million COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered across Quebec

Quebec public health has reported that over two million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across Quebec since January.

Over the past day, 56,620 vaccines were administered across the province for a total of 2,005,106.

According to the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, 1,490 new coronavirus cases have been added to the provincial tally.

There have been 12 newly reported deaths, three of which occurred over the past 24 hours and nine which occurred earlier in April. Hospitalizations have increased by 13 for a total of 643 and ICU numbers have increased by 8 for a total of 150.

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There are now 329,472 total cases in Quebec, 10,756 deaths, 305,463 recoveries, and 3,160,905 negative cases.

Last week, Quebec Premier François Legault announced Montreal and Laval’s nightly curfew would revert to 8 pm, as a “preventative measure” amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

On Sunday, hundreds of people protested the new curfew time in the Old Port.

The distribution of cases in Quebec by age group is as follows:

The distribution of provincial deaths per age group is as follows:

Canada’s COVID-19 death toll is now 23,356, along with 1,071,016 total cases.