If the vaccination campaign marks a forced stop time in Quebec, all doses received so far having been used, government authorities ensure that additional doses deliveries are expected soon.The number of hospitalizations continued to decrease in the province on Saturday, but the number of deaths remains high.

Quebec reported 1367 new cases of COVID-19 as well as 46 additional deaths during the day of Saturday.These new data relate to 261,360 the number of people who have been infected with the virus since the start of the health crisis.Of this number, 237,088 Quebecers are now "restored", according to figures from the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS).

The average over seven days of the number of new infections now reaches 1312.In total, 9,763 people have so far succumbed to the follow-up of complications related to COVVI-19 in Quebec.

The Montreal region is the most affected again, with 577 new cases and 10 deaths identified.The Montérégie deplores 9 dead as well as 247 infections, followed by the Capitale-Nationale with 7 deaths, but only 51 cases.In the Laurentians, 6 people lost their lives and 111 confirmed cases were recorded.

Laval and Estrie, for their part, deplore 4 additional deaths;These two regions show 123 and 57 additional cases respectively.There are also three dead in Mauricie-Center-du-Québec, as well as a death in Outaouais, in boiler-appalaches and in Lanaudière.

In addition, the number of hospitalizations has experienced its strongest decrease on Saturday since January 23, with 54 patients needing less care.82 entries and 136 outputs have been identified.Two hundred, one patients are always in intensive care, one less than the day before.Note that the quantity of samples from the province remains stable compared to the weekly average.Thursday, Quebec carried out 32,179 screening tests, for a total of 5,828,772 since the start of the pandemic.

The [drop] hospitalizations continues, it is encouraging.It shows that our efforts to [decrease] cases bear fruit and directly influence hospitalizations.

Christian Dubé, Minister of Health and Social Services, on his Twitter account

Regarding vaccination, 2086 additional doses were administered on Friday, for a total of 238,143 doses so far.Having received only 238,100 doses of new vaccines until now, Quebec therefore no longer has doses in reserves.Deliveries are nevertheless expected next week, but these will be disrupted until mid-February.A review of the vaccination calendar is also underway.

Note that the total of administered doses is greater than the number of doses received, since "for certain vials", the MSSS says it has been able to extract six doses rather than five."The field experience has shown that we are able to administer a sixth dose occasionally.However, it is difficult to estimate the additional quantity that we will be able to extract vials with current syringes, "said the ministry spokesperson, Marie-Louise Harvey on this subject.

Until now, all doses received have been given.The next vaccines that will be administered will be additional doses taken from vials with current syringes.

Marie-Louise Harvey, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Social Services

M^me Harvey précise que pour extraire les sixièmes doses, une seringue particulière est requise.She emphasizes that "the federal government is responsible for distributing the necessary syringes and needles to the provinces".

Quebec expects to "receive the next Federal Deliveries next week", or 18,525 doses of Pfizer and 38,200 from Moderna.During the week of February 8, 15,600 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are also expected.On Thursday, Ottawa announced a new reduction in deliveries of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine for the month of February, by promising, however, that the 4 million doses promised by the end of March will be at the rendezvous, "end".The American manufacturer has informed Ottawa that his expeditions would be "disturbed until mid-February," said major-general Dany Fortin.

Over 2000 cases in Ontario

For its part, Ontario reported on Saturday 2063 new cases of COVID-19 and 73 additional deaths.The province indicated that 1273 people are currently hospitalized.Of this number, 353 patients are still in intensive care and 216 under respirator.

In addition, Ontario data indicate that 9,373 doses of vaccine was administered on Friday, a total of 336,828 doses across the province.

Un médecin de la santé publique de la Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, le D^r John Guilfoyle, a soutenu samedi que l’augmentation du nombre de cas parmi les communautés autochtones du nord-ouest de l’Ontario est un signal d’alarme pour la région.He claims that recent cases in five communities seem to have been contained, but that people should be extremely careful.

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