Quebec reports 7,874 new COVID-19 cases | Montreal Gazette

Quebec’s seven highest daily infection totals of the pandemic have all come in the last week. Author of the article: Montreal Gazette Health-care workers and security staff greet people at a combination vaccination and testing clinic on Centre St. in Montreal on Dec. 22, 2021. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette The seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 infections climbed to an all-time high on Sunday as the province reported 7,874 new cases. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. While Quebec reported more cases in previous days, the number of new cases is still the fourth-highest reported by the province since February 2020. In that time, 538,205 infections have been confirmed in Quebec. In reaction to soaring cases, Quebec put new COVID-19 measures into effect on Sunday that limit private gatherings to six people or two family bubbles . Quebecers are also being encouraged to use rapid tests at home instead of swamping test sites ; the results of those tests aren’t included in daily case statistics. The number of hospitalizations because of the virus now stands at 427 patients, a decrease of 31. Of those patients, 88 are in intensive care, a decrease…
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