Quebec reported 1,982 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and four deaths related to the virus.
The case count falls just below Friday’s total of 2013, which marked the first time since January that the province reported 2,000 new infections.
The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations for COVID-19 decreased from five to 251, and the number of patients in intensive care increased from one to 63.
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Authorities say 40,372 doses of the vaccine were administered in the past 24 hours, including about 14,000 doses given to children ages five to 11 and 16,000 third doses given to people 70 and older.
On Friday, public health officials in Montreal said they suspect the Omicron variant has spread in the city.
The public health department said 14 cases of the new COVID-19 strain have now been detected on the island, of which only five are associated with travel outside the country.
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