Two more Quebecers who had contracted the H1N1 flu virus have passed away, health officials said on Tuesday.

The total death toll related to the virus in Quebec is now 11.

Officials did not give details about the ages of the victims.

They did add that 87 new cases of the virus have been confirmed, bringing the total to 1738 confirmed cases.

In Canada as a whole, at least 20 people have died due to this flu and there are about 5700 confirmed cases.