Quebec reports over 550 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

The Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux has confirmed 587 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

To date, the total number of people infected in Quebec since the pandemic began has risen to 404,291.

Public health has also reported nine additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

Hospitalizations have decreased by six since yesterday and now total 274. Patients in intensive care have decreased by six throughout Quebec to 86.

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Over the past 24 hours, 9,576 vaccine doses were administered, amounting to 12,770,977  in Quebec since December 2020.

Over the course of the pandemic, there have been 11,335 deaths and 386,572 reported recoveries.

As of September 1, the province’s vaccine passport is in effect.

Vaccination proof is verified through VaxiCode, available on iOS devices and Google Play.

Quebec Premier François Legault said the vaccine passport would be used for non-essential services and that “certain privileges” would be extended to fully vaccinated people in Quebec.

The government has also made the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all healthcare workers in the province.

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 27,443, along with over 1.58 million total cases.