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Covid-19 Hospitalizations Rise 9% as Quebec Reports Record Cases

Residents wait in line outside a Covid-19 testing center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Dec. 22. — Residents wait in line outside a Covid-19 testing center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Dec. 22.
Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg

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By Geoffrey Morgan

January 1, 2022 at 7:22 PM UTC

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Quebec reported a 9% rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations on Jan. 1, as Canada’s second most populous province struggles to contain a rise in infections after posting 17,122 new cases, the fifth straight day of record infections.