Quebec continues to break daily COVID-19 records with 14,188 new infections
CTV
Quebec is reporting 14,188 new COVID-19 infections as hospitalizations increased by 135.
Premier François Legault is expected to make an announcement related to the pandemic at 5 p.m., with La Presse suggesting a three-week curfew may be implemented.
Since spring 2020, 586,607 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, including 488,030 who have recovered from the disease.
Of the new cases Thursday, 11,262 people (75.8 per cent) were double vaccinated when they received their positive test result, 2,324 people (18.4 per cent) were unvaccinated or received one dose of vaccine less than two weeks prior and 602 (5.7 per cent) received one dose of vaccine more than two weeks prior.
Quebec says 6,482,389 people are double-vaccinated and 1,572,754 are unvaccinated.