Quebec hits new single-day record with 4,571 COVID-19 cases Monday; hospitalizations up by 21

Quebec recorded on Monday the most cases of COVID-19 in a single day with 4,571 new infections. The number of hospitalizations also spiked by 21 in the last 24 hours.

There are now 397 people in hospital with the virus after 49 people were admitted and 28 people were discharged in the last 24 hours.

There are also 82 people in the intensive care unit, which is an increase of three from the previous day.

Of the new admissions to hospital, 27 were unvaccinated people and 22 were people who got their second dose of the vaccine more than seven days ago.

The health ministry said based on the last four weeks of COVID-19 data, people who are unvaccinated are 1.9 times more likely to get infected and 13.8 times more likely to end up in hospital.