MONTREAL — Quebec reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death linked to the novel coronavirus in its latest statistics released on Saturday.
The Health Department did not register a death in the past 24 hours, but did report one that occurred between Aug. 8 and Aug. 13.
The province has registered 61,084 people infected and 5,719 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
The number of hospitalizations dropped by two to 149.
Of those, the number of patients in intensive care remained unchanged at 25.
Authorities say 53,709 people have recovered from the disease.
Officials say 17,545 tests were performed on Thursday, the last day for which numbers were available.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 15, 2020.
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