MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 798 new cases of COVID-19 today and 10 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including three in the past 24 hours.
Health officials say hospitalizations dropped by nine, to 617, and that 111 people were in intensive care, a drop of four.
Quebec's government-mandated health institute said today it has confirmed 194 cases involving coronavirus variants, the first increase reported since Feb. 28.
The institute says there are 1,462 presumed cases involving the mutations, up from 1,353 yesterday.
Authorities say 18,234 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday, for at total of 510,479.
Quebec has reported 291,175 infections and 10,455 deaths linked to the virus since the start of the pandemic.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 5, 2021.
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