The Health Ministry logged an increase of 97 hospitalizations linked to COVID-19, with 273 new entries and 176 discharges. There are currently 2,057 people occupying beds.
Of those, 632 were admitted for complications directly related to COVID-19. The remaining were admitted for other conditions but tested positive for the virus at the hospital.
Meanwhile, two more coronavirus patients are in intensive care, 30 of whom were admitted for COVID-19 specifically, with 10 entries and eight discharges. Quebec also reported 14 new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, bringing the total to 15,814 deaths since the pandemic began.The province added 2,354 more positive PCR tests for COVID-19 on Wednesday out of 13,205 tests, making the positivity rate 14 per cent.
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