COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Monday

• On Friday, Quebec reported 2,170 folks in hospital (a lower of 12 from the day past), together with 78 in intensive care (a rise of three from the day past).
• The province reported 906 new instances of COVID-19 and three deaths. 
• Because the begin of the pandemic, there have been 1,044,638 confirmed instances, and 15,009 folks have died.
• The province additionally reported 7,377 health-care employees absent for COVID-related causes.
• 91 per cent of the eligible inhabitants within the province (aged 5 and up) has acquired at the least one dose of the vaccine; 54 per cent have acquired a 3rd dose and 10 per cent have acquired a fourth dose.

*The brand new instances are these reported to the Quebec authorities solely. They’re believed to be an underrepresentation of the virus’s unfold, given the restricted availability of PCR exams and use of dwelling testing kits.

*Quebec’s Well being Ministry not stories COVID-19 numbers on the weekend.

Quebec’s interim public well being director is predicted to make his advice this week on the way forward for masks guidelines in indoor public areas.

Throughout a information convention on Thursday, Dr. Luc Boileau stated he’s “assured” he’ll ask the provincial authorities to raise the masks rule on Might 14 however stated he needed a number of extra days price of knowledge on the province’s epidemiological state of affairs.

Nonetheless, even when masks develop into non-obligatory in most public locations, Boileau stated they may nonetheless be required in health-care settings and public transit “for some time.”

Quebec would be the solely province to require masking in most indoor public locations as soon as Prince Edward Island lifts its masks order on Might 6.

Well being Canada reviewing COVID-19 vaccine for younger youngsters

Well being Canada is reviewing Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for infants and youngsters beneath six. 

The information comes after the biotech firm on Thursday requested U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its vaccine for kids between six months and 5 years of age. The dosage is 1 / 4 of what adults obtain, delivered in two doses.

Up to now, Well being Canada has permitted mRNA COVID-19 vaccines just for youngsters over the age of 5.

Simply over 41 per cent of youngsters age 5 to 11 are vaccinated in Canada, in contrast with simply over 84 per cent of these age 12-17, in line with figures from the Public Well being Company. 

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