Eight more Quebecers have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

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A total of 15,765 people have died from the virus since the start of the pandemic in Quebec.

Public Health also reported 1,287 new cases since the day before, among citizens with access to PCR tests. This is a drop in infections, compared to 1,910 cases recorded on Friday and 2,457 cases in Thursday’s report. .

Also, 489 self-tests turned out positive on Sunday, against 656 on Friday.

In addition, according to Monday’s report, 6,613 health network workers are absent due to COVID-19.

Remember that data on hospitalizations and intensive care in the province are no longer counted on weekends by Public Health. This data will be updated from Tuesday to Saturday.