Quebec’s Nunavik region moves into lockdown to contain Omicron, curfew in effect

MONTREAL - Quebec’s Nunavik area moved into lockdown on Wednesday, as greater than half the northern territory’s 14 Inuit communities had been coping with neighborhood unfold of COVID-19.

“It's only a matter of time till Omicron will unfold in all communities,” learn a message on the Fb web page of the Nunavik Regional Board of Well being and Social Providers, referring to the extremely transmissible mutation of the novel coronavirus.

A ten p.m. to five a.m. curfew is in impact throughout the area, which spans the northern third of the province. Colleges and daycares stay open, however all non-essential public locations are closed and personal indoor gatherings are banned.

Well being officers reported 28 new circumstances on Tuesday within the area, which had 260 lively infections.

In the meantime, Quebec on Wednesday reported an increase of eight hospitalizations linked to the illness — the bottom day by day enhance in COVID-19 hospitalizations since Dec. 17. Officers mentioned 88 extra individuals died of COVID-19.

The Well being Division mentioned 3,425 individuals had been in hospital, after 359 sufferers had been admitted prior to now 24 hours and 351 had been discharged. It mentioned there have been 285 individuals in intensive care, a drop of 4 from the day earlier than.

Officers reported 6,123 new COVID-19 circumstances based mostly on about 34,700 assessments, 13.5 per cent of which got here again optimistic. They mentioned 110,035 doses of vaccine had been administered within the earlier 24 hours.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 19, 2022.

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This story was produced with the monetary help of the Fb and Canadian Press Information Fellowship.