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Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations decrease, over 7,500 absent health-care workers
L uca Caruso-Moro
CTVNewsMontreal.ca Digital Reporter
Updated May 4, 2022 12:22 p.m. EDT
Published May 4, 2022 11:03 a.m. EDT
Quebec's COVID-19 hospitals saw a drop in overall occupancy in the 24 hours prior to Wednesday's update, which also revealed that 7,586 health-care workers were absent from work due to the virus.
As of Wednesday morning, there were 2,176 people hospitalized with the coronavirus, 19 fewer than the day before. That's after 164 people entered hospital and 183 were no longer in care.
Of those in hospital, 78 were in intensive care -- an increase of two since Tuesday's update.
Public health reported 30 more people with COVID-19 have died, bringing that total to 15,066.
The province recorded 1,630 positive PCR tests, which are reserved for certain at-risk populations.
The positivity rate was 11.6 per cent, suggesting the virus is still circulating widely. There were also 389 self-reported positive rapid tests...