The Quebec government is reporting 648 new cases of COVID-19 as well as five more deaths linked to the pandemic.
The province says three people died in the past 24 hours, while the other two died between March 14 and 19.
Hospitalizations declined by four to 501, but the number of people in intensive care increased by three to 102.
Health Minister Christian Dube said on Twitter that the situation in the province in the last week has been encouraging, but is asking people to stay vigilant.
He said Quebecers need to keep doing everything they can to keep cases down and avoid a third wave of the virus.
Health workers gave 28,543 doses of vaccine on Saturday, for a total of 944,793 shots administered since immunization efforts got underway..
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 21, 2021
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