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The total number of hospitalizations dropped by 54, to a current total of 1,163. Of those, 201 are in intensive care, a drop of eight. Hospitalizations have been dropping steadily since Jan. 14, when they peaked at 1,523 cases. Before that, they had been rising rapidly in early September.
The province estimates its maximum capacity to house COVID-19 patients in hospital at 2,117.
There were 32,179 tests done on Thursday. On Friday, the province vaccinated 2,086 people, bringing the total number of people who have received vaccines to 238,143.
Montreal remains the hardest-hit region in Quebec, registering 577 new cases, for a total of 94,024 to date. Over the last week, Montreal saw 4,363 people infected with COVID-19.
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