Almost 50,000 elementary and highschool college students have been absent from Quebec colleges because of COVID-19 lower than two weeks after in-person lessons resumed.
Quebec's Schooling Division mentioned Thursday night that 49,852 college students, 3.64 per cent of the whole quantity within the province, have been absent after testing constructive or having a suspected case of the illness.
It mentioned 2,080 academics, 1.53 per cent of the province's whole, are additionally absent because of the illness.
The division mentioned that as of Jan. 25, 96 lessons at private and non-private colleges have been being carried out remotely and two colleges have been utterly or partially closed because of COVID-19.
In-person lessons in Quebec colleges resumed Jan. 17, although many faculties didn't reopen till the next day because of a snowstorm.
Earlier on Friday, Quebec reported a drop in COVID-19-related hospitalizations for the fifth straight day.
The Well being Division mentioned 3,091 individuals have been in hospital, a decline of 62 from the day earlier than. It mentioned 287 individuals have been admitted and 349 have been launched.
The variety of individuals in intensive care went down by seven from the day earlier than, to 228.
Authorities reported 48 extra deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.
Officers mentioned 3,600 new instances have been detected Thursday, although they warn that quantity just isn't reflective of the particular scenario as a result of PCR testing has been restricted to sure higher-risk teams.
They mentioned 32,055 checks have been analyzed within the earlier 24 hours, with 11.7 per cent coming again constructive.
-- This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 28, 2022.
Masks might quickly be obligatory in all of Quebec's elementary and excessive colleges in an effort to stop the unfold of COVID-19.
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