Active COVID-19 cases in Quebec dip below 5,000 for first time since end of August

Quebec is reporting two new deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday as the province added 409 new infections in the last 24 hours.

On Tuesday, Quebec's public health institute (INSPQ) reported 4,907 active cases across the province. The last time they were this low was on Aug. 31 when there were 4,992 active cases. 

The province also added 409 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 416,676 since March 2020.

Of the 409 new cases, 263 (64 per cent) are people who have not received two vaccine doses, while 146 are people who got their second shot more than seven days ago. 

Two more people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total to 11,422 since the start of the pandemic; 400,347 people have recovered from the virus.