Situation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Québec

Situation in Québec
The World Health Organization has o cially declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
For now, the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is under control in Québec, but the present
weeks are critical. Community transmission of the virus now extends to all regions of Québec. The
Government is taking all the necessary measures to contain the contagion as much as possible.
The latest data of the evolution of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours in Québec reveal:

1,055 new cases, bringing the total number of people infected to 91,018.

Also, 1 new death has occurred in the last 24 hours, to which are added 11 deaths which have
occurred between October 9 and October 14 and 2 deaths which have occurred before
October 9. However, the total is at 6,018 due to the withdrawal of 1 death that the investigation
has shown not to be attributable to COVID-19.

The number of hospitalizations increased by 14 compared to the previous day, for a cumulative
total of 507. Among these, the number of people in intensive care increased by 4, for a total
of 87.

The samples conducted on October 14 amount to 29,028 for a total of 2,752,073.

Summary Data Evolution Table

Con rmed Hospitalizations in Tests

Date cases Deaths Hospitalizations intensive care performed

October 9, 1 097 5 444 (+11) 73 (+6) 24 503

2020

October 10, 980 13 437 (-7) 72 (-1) 19 161

2020

October 11, 1 056 11 457 (+20) 75 (+3) 20 386

2020

October 12, 923 10 468 (+11) 85 (+10) 20 959

2020

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 Con rmed Hospitalizations in Tests
Date cases Deaths Hospitalizations intensive care performed

October 13, 844 10 + 1 Unknown date 488 (+20) 80 (-5) 24 612

2020

October 14, 969 16 493 (+5) 83 (+3) 29 028

2020

October 15, 1 055 1 507 (+14) 87 (+4) NA

2020

Note that the majority of data are presented according to the day they were entered. They are
extracted at 4 p.m. at the date shown and cover the preceding 24 hours. However, the availability
of the data on samples involves an additional delay of 24 hours and these correspond to the
number of samples taken on the date shown. It should also be noted that the data prior to those of
the last 24 hours presented in the column Deaths have been adjusted according to the actual dates
of death. This explains the variation of some data compared to those presented in previous press
releases. The daily death toll is in uenced by the time required for the physician to report the
death, the time required to complete the investigation to con rm that the death was attributable to
COVID-19, and the entry into the system.
COVID-19 outbreak data in Québec:

Number of con rmed cases by region

Number of new reported cases of COVID-19 per million inhabitants by region

Distribution of con rmed cases by age group

Number of samples and analyzes carried out, negative and con rmed cases

Data concerning the samples for the COVID‑19 tests (in French only) (PDF 151 Kb) (https://cdn-
contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-19/donnes-
quotidiennes-tests-covid-19.pdf?1601996461)

Number of hospitalizations

Number of deaths by region

Distribution of deaths by age group

Situation in living environments for the elderly and vulnerable

Situation in schools

Number of cases in detention facilities

Number of confirmed cases by region

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This table now shows the number of daily cases for a 7-day period from Sunday to Saturday, as
well as the cumulative number of cases since the start of the pandemic. This table shows data
currently available for the period of October 11 to October 17, 2020.

October October October October October Total con rmed cases since the
Health regions 11 12 13 14 15 start of the pandemic

01 - Bas-Saint-Laurent 4 1 2 -3 3 405

02 - Saguenay – Lac- 38 13 25 17 24 689

Saint-Jean

03 - Capitale-Nationale 109 125 159 93 174 6 732

04 - Mauricie-et-Centre- 67 42 48 77 51 3 268
du-Québec

05 - Estrie 28 28 27 31 25 2 203

06 - Montréal 309 278 189 296 250 38 677

07 - Outaouais 45 40 11 41 38 1 963

08 - Abitibi- -1 1 2 5 -1 240
Témiscamingue

09 - Côte-Nord 1 0 2 0 3 165

10 - Nord-du-Québec 0 0 0 0 0 9

11 - Gaspésie – Îles-de-la- 28 7 12 16 16 661

Madeleine

12 - Chaudière- 91 76 58 79 64 2 434
Appalaches

13 - Laval 65 54 46 67 56 8 476

14 - Lanaudière 32 43 34 58 113 6 045

15 - Laurentides 55 50 46 49 48 5 668

16 - Montérégie 186 162 181 141 187 13 284

17 - Nunavik 0 2 2 2 0 28

18 - Terres-Cries-de-la- 0 0 0 0 0 14
Baie-James

Outside Quebec -1 1 0 0 4 55

Region to be determined 0 0 0 0 0 2

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 October October October October October Total con rmed cases since the
Health regions 11 12 13 14 15 start of the pandemic

Total 1056 923 844 969 1 055 91 018

Data presented according to the day they were entered and cumulative data. Source: TSP, MSSS,
October 15, 2020, 4 p.m.

Number of confirmed cases by region from October 4 to October 10, 2020

Total cases for

the week of
October 4 to
October October October October October October October October 10,
Health region 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2020

01 - Bas-Saint- 3 7 7 4 6 5 7 39
Laurent

02 - Saguenay – Lac- 20 9 17 23 11 19 15 114

Saint-Jean

03 - Capitale- 265 201 132 199 144 184 153 1278

Nationale

04 - Mauricie-et- 57 27 39 60 74 69 51 377
Centre-du-Québec

05 - Estrie 25 6 23 25 38 40 36 193

06 - Montréal 329 442 269 290 345 277 236 2188

07 - Outaouais 29 66 49 32 31 53 43 303

08 - Abitibi- -1 4 0 4 6 10 1 24
Témiscamingue

09 - Côte-Nord 2 0 1 1 0 -1 1 4

10 - Nord-du-Québec -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

11 - Gaspésie – Îles- 9 27 21 20 20 26 18 141

de-la-Madeleine

12 - Chaudière- 68 88 73 64 67 65 63 488
Appalaches

13 - Laval 173 98 64 87 87 86 83 678

14 - Lanaudière 36 88 43 30 35 43 46 321

15 - Laurentides 57 74 49 70 54 51 54 409
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 Total cases for
the week of
October 4 to
October October October October October October October October 10,
Health region 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2020

16 - Montérégie 119 223 111 169 182 169 172 1145

17 - Nunavik 0 0 1 0 0 1 -1 1

18 - Terres-Cries-de- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
la-Baie-James

Outside Quebec 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 8

Region to be 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
determined

Total 1 191 1 364 900 1 078 1 102 1 097 980 1880

Data presented according to the day they were entered. Source: TSP, MSSS, October 15, 2020,
4 p.m.

Distribution of confirmed cases by age group

Age group % of con rmed cases

0-9 years 4.0

10-19 years 8.6

20-29 years 16.4

30-39 years 13.6

40-49 years 14.7

50-59 years 13.4

60-69 years 8.3

70-79 years 6.5

80-89 years 8.6

90 years or more 5.8

Age to be determined 0.1

Cumulative data. Source: TSP, MSSS, October 15, 2020, 4 p.m.

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Number of samples and analyzes carried out, negative and confirmed cases

Samples taken on October 14, 20201: 29,028

Analyzes carried out on October 14, 20201: 29,640

Negative cases2: 1,664,823

Con rmed cases2: 91,018

1: The most recent daily data on samples and analyzes carried out are available within 48 hours
compared to today.
2: Cumulative data. Source: Infocentre de santé publique (LSPQ and supraregional laboratories),
October 15, 2020, 4 p.m. The method for calculating negative cases has been revised to exclude
people who have received one or more negative results in additional screening tests during the
same episode of infection. An episode of infection corresponds to the period of 90 days following a
rst positive test.
You can consult the data concerning the samples for the COVID‑19 tests for the period from
September 27 to October 3, 2020 (In French only) (PDF 151 Kb) (https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-
contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-19/donnes-quotidiennes-tests-covid-19.pdf?
1601996461).

Number of hospitalizations

Number of regular hospitalizations: 420

Number in intensive care: 87

Total number of hospitalizations1: 507

1: Daily data. Source: Preliminary transmissions by MED-ÉCHO, data reported by hospitals on

October 15, 2020, 4 p.m. The hospital centers selected are the general and specialized hospital
centers o ering mainly acute care.

Number of deaths by region

Regions Number of deaths

01 - Bas-Saint-Laurent 7

02 - Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean 27

03 - Capitale-Nationale 256

04 - Mauricie-et-Centre-du-Québec 216

05 - Estrie 34
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 Regions Number of deaths

06 - Montréal 3 506

07 - Outaouais 34

08 - Abitibi-Témiscamingue 4

09 - Côte-Nord 1

10 - Nord-du-Québec 0

11 - Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine 21

12 - Chaudière-Appalaches 41

13 - Laval 701

14 - Lanaudière 225

15 - Laurentides 289

16 - Montérégie 655

17 - Nunavik 0

18 - Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James 1

Outside Quebec 0

Region to be determined 0

Total 6 018

Cumulative data. Source: TSP, MSSS, October 15, 2020, 4 p.m.

Distribution of deaths by age group

Age group % of deaths

Under 20 years 0.0

20-29 years 0.0

30-39 years 0.1

40-49 years 0.4

50-59 years 1.8

60-69 years 5.9

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 Age group % of deaths

70-79 years 18.1

80-89 years 40.2

90 years or more 33.3

Age to be determined 0.1

Cumulative data. Source: TSP, MSSS, October 15, 2020, 4 p.m.

Situation in living environments for the elderly and vulnerable

Situation in private seniors' residences (RPA) (PDF 215 Kb) (https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-
contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-19/etat_situation_rpa.pdf?1602775171) (in
French only)
Situation in CHSLD (PDF 212 Kb) (https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-
contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-19/etat_situation_chsld.pdf?1602775171) (in
French only)
The Gouvernement du Québec has made public the report from the Canadian Armed Forces,
resulting from their presence in the long-term care facilities (CHSLD’s). To read it, please consult the
document Observations sur les centres d’hébergement de soins longue durée (PDF 2.06 Mb)
(https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-
19/Rapport_FAC/Observation_FAC_CHSLD.pdf?1590587216) (in French only).

Distribution of the number of daily deaths related to the COVID-19 according to their living
environment
The reported number of deaths for the most recent days may be underestimated due to a delay in reporting the death or in the data input.

Zoom Per day Per week

Number of deaths

100

0
30 Mar 13 Apr 27 Apr 11 May 25 May 8 June 22 June 6 July 20 July 3 Aug 17 Aug 31 Aug 14 Sep
Date of death

Apr '20 May '20 June '20 July '20 Aug '20 Sep '20

CHSLD RPA Home and unknown RI and others 7-days moving average

Source: TSP, MSSS (Updated on October 15, 2020 at 4 p.m.)

Note: A total of 17 deaths does not appear on the graph because the date of death is missing. The
moving average is calculated over a period of 7 days and corresponds to the average number of
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deaths of the selected day, the previous 3 days and the following 3 days. It provides an overview of
the trend.

Situation in schools
The following documents present, for information purposes only, an overview of the situation in
school service centres, school boards and schools concerning COVID-19.
Their content does not replace the notice sent to parents by a school when a case is reported
there.

Highlights - Public and Private School Systems (PDF 211 Kb) (https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-

contenu/adm/min/education/publications-adm/covid-19/reseauScolaire_faitsSaillants_ANG.pdf?
1602786047)

List of schools - Public and Private School Systems (PDF 623 Kb) (https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-

contenu/adm/min/education/publications-adm/covid-19/reseauScolaire_listeEcoles_ANG.pdf?
1602786047)

Number of cases in detention facilities

Number of Number of
detainees Number of detainees Number of detainees
Correctional present at currently infected with detainees testing
facility midnight COVID-19 (active cases) tested positive

Amos 156 0 27 1

Baie- 35 0 7 0
Comeau

Hull 172 0 15 0

Leclerc de 151 0 88 0
Laval

Montréal 881 0 660 96

The proportion of the detainee population with COVID-19 is : 0,08 %.

Number of detainees having died from COVID-19: 1
See the questions and answers regarding detainees and o enders in the context of COVID-19 
(https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/answers-questions-
coronavirus-covid19/legal-correctional-services-covid-19-pandemic/#c54112).
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 Number of Number of
detainees Number of detainees Number of detainees
Correctional present at currently infected with detainees testing
facility midnight COVID-19 (active cases) tested positive

New Carlisle 59 0 7 0

Percé 20 0 2 0

Québec 26 0 54 0
(female
sector)

Québec 465 0 504 0

(male sector)

Rimouski 77 0 42 1

Rivière-des- 402 0 144 8

Prairies

Roberval 162 0 14 0

Saint-Jérôme 310 1 64 2

Sept-Îles 29 0 24 0

Sherbrooke 163 0 39 1

Sorel-Tracy 268 1 20 2

Trois- 203 1 156 1

Rivières

Total 3 579 3 1 867 112

The proportion of the detainee population with COVID-19 is : 0,08 %.

Number of detainees having died from COVID-19: 1
See the questions and answers regarding detainees and o enders in the context of COVID-19 
(https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/answers-questions-
coronavirus-covid19/legal-correctional-services-covid-19-pandemic/#c54112).
The data are updated weekly on Thursday.

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Correctional Number of Correctional services employees with Number of recovered
facility COVID-19 (active cases) employees

Amos 0 0

Baie-Comeau 0 0

Hull 0 3

Leclerc de 0 3
Laval

Montréal 0 39

New Carlisle 0 0

Percé 0 0

Québec 0 0
(female
sector)

Québec 0 3
(male sector)

Rimouski 0 0

Rivière-des- 0 7
Prairies

Roberval 0 0

Saint-Jérôme 0 3

Sept-Îles 0 0

Sherbrooke 0 0

Sorel-Tracy 0 0

See the questions and answers regarding detainees and o enders in the context of COVID-19 
(https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/answers-questions-
coronavirus-covid19/legal-correctional-services-covid-19-pandemic/#c54112).
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Correctional Number of Correctional services employees with Number of recovered
facility COVID-19 (active cases) employees

Trois-Rivières 1 1

Total 1 59

See the questions and answers regarding detainees and o enders in the context of COVID-19 
(https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/answers-questions-
coronavirus-covid19/legal-correctional-services-covid-19-pandemic/#c54112).
The data are updated weekly on Thursday.

In Canada, COVID-19 is a serious health threat, and the situation is evolving daily. The risk will vary
between and within communities, but given the increasing number of cases in Canada, the risk to
Canadians is considered high. You can nd information about the outbreak in the Current
situation  (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-
infection.html#a1) section on the Government of Canada’s site.

Scenarios for the evolution of COVID-19

At a time when the authorities are considering a gradual resumption of economic, social and
clinical activities, the experts looked into the impacts it could have on the trajectory of the
pandemic and on the resources to cope with it. For more information, see the page Projections des
impacts d’une reprise progressive des activités économiques, sociales et cliniques 
(https://www.inspq.qc.ca/covid-19/donnees/projections) (in French only) on the website of the
Institut national de santé publique du Québec.
You can also consult the document Evolution and projection of the number of active
hospitalizations of people infected with COVID‑19 in Quebec (PDF 159 Kb) (https://cdn-
contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-19/projections-des-
hospitalisations.pdf?1602268360) (in French only). For additional information regarding projections
for hospitalizations, see the Risque d’hospitalisation et projections des besoins hospitaliers (in
French only)  (https://www.inesss.qc.ca/covid-19/risques-dhospitalisation-et-projections-des-
besoins-hospitaliers.html) page on the website of the Institut national d’excellence en santé et en
services sociaux (INESSS) and the presentation – October 16, 2020 (in French only) of Institut
national de santé publique (INSPQ)  (https://www.inspq.qc.ca/sites/default/ les/covid/inspq-
projections-16octobre2020.pdf).

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 Last update: October 16, 2020

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