Quebec adds 640 COVID-19 cases, five deaths

Quebec is reporting 640 more people have contracted COVID-19 and five have died since Friday's update.

Public health was monitoring 623 active outbreaks within the territory Saturday morning. The Oct. 2 update was based on the results of 30,050 COVID-19 tests, for a positivity rate of 1.8 per cent.

Overall hospitalizations decreased by nine for a total of 301 with 32 fewer people receiving care. 

Of those, there are 83 people in the ICU, an overall decrease of one. 

Health-care workers administered 13,847 vaccine doses since Friday's update. Of those, 9,388 were delivered as second doses.