Quebec reported 6,361 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and two new deaths. The Minister of Health Christian Dubé and the Director of Public Health, Dr Horacio Arruda, will also be present. Quebec reported more than 6,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest number since the start of the pandemic. About 80 percent of those cases will likely be the Omicron variant, according to the Quebec public health institute, the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ). 80% of COVID-19 cases are OmicronThe Omicron variant is now the dominant strain of coronavirus circulating in Quebec, representing about 80% of new infections, according to the INSPQ.

Source: CBC News December 22, 2021 18:11 UTC