Quebec reports nearly 14,500 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
On Tuesday, the Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux reported 14,494 new COVID-19 cases in Quebec. This brings the total number of cases in the province to 665,822 since the pandemic began.
#COVID19 – En date du 3 janvier, voici la situation au Québec. pic.twitter.com/B18DICxuDu
— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) January 4, 2022
Public Health has also added 21 additional virus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the province to 11,732.
There are 1592 people hospitalized in the province — an increase of 196 since Monday.
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The total number of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients has increased by four over the past 24 hours, now totalling 185 across the province.
Over 265,600 COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the province over the last day. Since December 2020, a total of 15,400,659 total vaccines have been distributed in Quebec.
As of January 4, Quebecers 55 years old and up can book booster shot appointments via the Clic Santé website — only if they have already received their second dose of a Health Canada-approved vaccine at least three months prior.