There were 28 active cases of COVID-19 among residents of the MRC d’Argenteuil as of Tuesday, March 16, according to the CISSS des Laurentides regional health authority.  On March 15, there had been 27 active cases of COVID-19 among Argenteuil residents.

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 across Argenteuil remained at 21 as of Tuesday.

There was a total of 366 active cases of COVID-19 across the Laurentides region of Québec as of March 16.

Vaccination information

The CISSS des Laurentides reported that 40,852 residents of the region had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday.

Québec residents aged 70 (born in 1951 or before) and older are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  Vaccinations MUST be made by appointment and can be scheduled by going to QUÉBEC.CA/VACCINCOVID or by calling 1-866-495-5833.

Cases in schools and long-term care facilities

According to the Québec government, there were active cases of COVID-19 as of March 16 at the following schools in MRC d’Argenteuil communities:

École St-Alexandre in Lachute

Laurentian Elementary School in Lachute

Polyvalente Lavigne in Lachute.

As of Tuesday, there were no active cases of COVID-19 at long-term care or retirement residences in the MRC d’Argenteuil.

Québec statistics

According to the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), there were 6,753 active cases of COVID-19 across Québec as of Tuesday, March 16, which was an increase of 561 cases from March 15.

There were 533 COVID-19 patients in hospital across Québec as of Tuesday, and 91 of those patients were in intensive care.

There had been 10,558 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 across Québec as of March 16, which was an increase of eight deaths from March 15.

Across Québec, 774,600 people had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday.

Restrictions

Under Québec’s regional system of COVID-19 emergency measures, the MRC d’Argenteuil, and the entire Laurentides region, is a red zone.

The curfew between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., the ban on gatherings in private homes and on private land, and compulsory working from home remain in effect.