Coronavirus: Quebec expects to be able to vaccinate up to 28,000 people by January | FULL

Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, said Monday that the government is ready to receive vaccines from Pfizer, following the federal government’s announcement earlier in the day and pending Health Canada approval.

Dubé said the province expects to be able to vaccinate between 22,000 and 28,000 people by Jan. 4.

Quebec reported 1,577 new cases and 22 additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus Monday as the second wave of the pandemic ramps up across Canada.

Health authorities say of those deaths, three occurred in the last 24 hours while the others were retroactively added to the death toll.

The COVID-19 caseload, which remains the highest in the country, stands at 153,176 while recoveries have topped 131,000. The health crisis has claimed the lives of 7,277 Quebecers since March.

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