Quebec reports no new COVID-19 deaths, 133 new cases

MONTREAL -- There are 133 new cases of COVID-19 in Quebec, health authorities announced Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 60,133. 

No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Thursday, leaving the total where it stood on Wednedsay, at 5,687. 

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There are 165 people being treated for COVID-19 in Quebec hospitals as of Thursday, down two from the 167 reported Wednesday. Of those in a hospital, 19 are in intensive care, which is the same number as the one reported 24 hours earlier.

Quebec has not updated its number of recoveries for days due to a technical glitch. The last reported number of recoveries was 50,886. 

Quebec reported that it completed analyses of 17,042 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday, up 3,917 from the 13,125 it completed a day earlier. (Quebec reports its daily testing figures from two days prior).

 

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  People wear face masks as they walk through a tunnel in a metro station in Montreal, Sunday, August 2, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. The Quebec government has made the wearing of masks and face coverings mandatory in all public spaces as of July 18 and will increase the number of people allowed to gather indoors and outdoors to 250 people as of August 3.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes