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  • #46
    Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...ases-1.5213660


    Quebec reports highest single-day increase with 1,514 new COVID-19 cases
    Katelyn Thomas
    CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
    Published Wednesday, December 2, 2020 11:06AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, December 2, 2020 1:25PM EST

    MONTREAL -- Quebec health authorities reported on Wednesday the highest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic by adding 1,514 new infections.

    The province has recorded a total of 145,062 cases of the disease since it began keeping track in March. Of them, 12,740 are active.

    The seven-day average of new cases in Quebec currently stands at 1,376 per day.

    Quebec also reported another 43 deaths linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday. Nine of those deaths occurred in the past 24 hours, 29 occurred between Nov. 25 and Nov. 30 and another five are from before Nov. 25.

    Two deaths were removed from the total after an investigation found they were not attributable to COVID-19. A total of 7,125 people have now died in Quebec since the start of the pandemic.

    Montreal reported the highest increase in new COVID-19 cases of any Quebec region on Wednesday, with 386 (total 51,848), followed by Monteregie, with 191 (total 20,489) and Quebec City, with 186 (total 12,083).

    Montreal has renewed its state of emergency over the agglomeration for an additional five days. The city has been in a state of emergency since March 27...

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    • #47
      Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-c...more-1.5215510

      Quebec COVID-19 cases remain high with province reporting 1,470 more
      Daniel J. Rowe
      CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
      Published Thursday, December 3, 2020 11:11AM EST Last Updated Thursday, December 3, 2020 2:02PM EST

      MONTREAL -- The number of new COVID-19 cases in Quebec continues to stay near the highest they've been since the pandemic began, with authorities reporting 1,470 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

      The total number of positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic is now 146,532 and the province's numbers have increased by an average of 1,377 per day over the past week.

      The Quebec Institute of Public Health reports that there are now 13,197 active COVID-19 cases, and that 982 more people have recovered from the disease for a total of 126,179.

      Quebec also reported that 30 more people have died due to the disease with 12 deaths occurring in the past 24 hours, 12 between Nov. 26 and Dec. 1, and six before Nov. 26.

      Since the pandemic began, 7,155 people have died due to COVID-19...

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      • #48
        Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...aths-1.5217196

        Quebec reports 1,345 new cases of COVID-19 and 28 more deaths
        Katelyn Thomas
        CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
        Published Friday, December 4, 2020 11:04AM EST Last Updated Friday, December 4, 2020 11:39AM EST



        MONTREAL -- Quebec health authorities reported another 1,345 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the province since the start of the pandemic to 147,877. Of them, 13,142 are active.

        The seven-day average for new cases in Quebec now stands at 1,388 per day.

        The province also reported 28 more deaths linked to the disease, including five from the past 24 hours, 20 between Nov. 27 and Dec. 2, two from before Nov. 27 and one at one from an unknown date. Since the pandemic began, 7,183 people in Quebec have died from COVID-19...

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        • #49
          Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-s...ours-1.5218562

          ​Quebec shatters record with over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in past 24 hours
          Daniel J. Rowe
          Published Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:11AM EST Last Updated Saturday, December 5, 2020 1:31PM EST

          MONTREAL -- Quebec set a devastating high bar Saturday in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic when officials reported 2,031 new cases in the past 24 hours.

          The province has now reported 149,908 positive cases since the start of the pandemic.

          It is the first time in Canada that a daily increase in confirmed cases has surpassed 2,000 in a single province. It shatters the previous record number of new cases set on Dec. 1 when Quebec reported 1,513.

          The Quebec Institute of Public Health posted a since-taken down note ot its site that some of the cases were from prior days.

          The province reports that there are 13,846 active cases, and that 1,279 more people have recovered from the disease.

          The total number of recoveries is now 128,828 in the province.

          Public health authorities also reported 48 more deaths due to the disease. Of those, 11 occurred in the past 24 hours, 27 were reported between Nov. 28 and Dec. 3, eight before Nov. 28 and two at an unknown date...

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          • #50
            Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-c...ours-1.5219241

            Quebec COVID-19 cases surpass 150,000 with province reporting 1,691 new cases in past 24 hours
            Daniel J. Rowe
            CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
            Published Sunday, December 6, 2020 11:06AM EST Last Updated Sunday, December 6, 2020 11:17AM EST

            MONTREAL -- After shattering the record for cases in a day on Saturday, Quebec reached another grim milestone Sunday surpassing 150,000 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

            Quebec reported that 1,691 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, 211 more than the seven-day average of 1,480.

            The new cases mean the total number of confirmed cases in the province since the start of the pandemic is now 151,599...

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            • #51
              Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...aths-1.5220167

              Quebec reports 1,577 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 more deaths
              Katelyn Thomas
              CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
              Published Monday, December 7, 2020 11:07AM EST Last Updated Monday, December 7, 2020 4:02PM EST

              MONTREAL -- Quebec health authorities reported 1,577 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of people infected in the province since the start of the pandemic to 153,176. Of the new cases, 14,600 are active.

              Quebec's seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases now stands at 1,544 per day.

              The province also reported another 22 deaths linked to the disease, for a total of 7,277 since the pandemic began. Of the latest deaths, three occurred in the past 24 hours, 18 took place between Nov. 30 and Dec. 5 and one before Nov. 30.

              Hospitalizations increased by 40 from Sunday to Monday and there are now 818 people receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Quebec hospitals. Of them, 105 are in the intensive care ward, which is three more than Sunday's total...

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              Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/many-ers...uais-1.5220186

              Many ERs are over capacity, especially in Montreal, Monteregie, Quebec City and Outaouais
              The Canadian Press
              Published Monday, December 7, 2020 11:18AM EST Last Updated Monday, December 7, 2020 11:19AM EST

              MONTREAL -- The pressure that COVID-19 is putting on Quebec hospital emergency rooms is being felt mainly in Mont?r?gie, Montreal, Quebec and the Outaouais, say health authorities.

              A Monday update by the province's Health Index service on ER occupancy rates showed overflows in six of the eight hospitals in Mont?r?gie. The rate for the entire region was 120 per cent of capacity, and at the Haut-Richelieu Hospitalit was 135 per cent.

              As of Monday, there are 49 patients who have been on a stretcher for at least 48 hours in Mont?r?gie...

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              • #52
                Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...ince-1.5221765

                Quebec reports 1,564 new COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths; highest rate of any province
                Selena Ross
                CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                Published Tuesday, December 8, 2020 11:09AM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 8, 2020 2:47PM EST

                MONTREAL -- Quebec health authorities reported 1,564 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, with 14,853 active cases.

                There were also 36 new deaths linked to the disease, for a total of 7,313 since the pandemic began. Twelve of those deaths happened in the last 24 hours, while 22 took place between Dec. 1 and 6 and two were prior to Dec. 1.

                The seven-day rolling average of new cases now stands at 1,509, which is slightly down from yesterday.

                However, in a more troubling indicator, Quebec has Canada's highest rate of confirmed cases per capita at 1,812 confirmed cases per 100,000 population. The second highest is Alberta at 1,608, and the Canadian average stands at 1,121. The numbers provided by Quebec public health authorities only include provinces, not territories...

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                • #53
                  Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...aths-1.5223451

                  Quebec reports 1,728 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, adds 37 deaths
                  Daniel J. Rowe
                  Published Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:07AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:32AM EST

                  MONTREAL -- Quebec's new COVID-19 cases pushed the weekly average up Wednesday as the province reported that 1,728 more people have tested positive for the disease in the province in the past 24 hours.

                  That number is 99 more than the 1,629 seven-day average, and the total number of positive cases in Quebec since the start of the pandemic is now 156,468.

                  The Quebec Institute of Public Health reports that there are 15,426 active cases in the province, and that 1,119 people have recovered from the disease. The total number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 is now 133,692, or 85 per cent of the total positive cases.

                  In addition, the province reported 37 more deaths due to the disease. Of these, seven deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, 24 occurred between Dec. 2 and Dec. 7, five occurred before Dec. 2, and one person died at an unknown date.

                  The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the province is now 7,349 after Quebec officials removed one death from the total since an investigation found that it was not attributable to COVID-19.

                  The number of hospitalizations in Quebec increased by nine Wednesday and there are now 844 people receiving treatment in the province's hospitals. Of these, 121 people are in the intensive care ward, an increase of seven...

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                  • #54
                    Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...aths-1.5225454

                    Quebec reports 1,842 new cases of COVID-19 and 33 more deaths
                    Katelyn Thomas
                    CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                    Published Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:06AM EST Last Updated Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:41AM EST


                    MONTREAL -- Quebec health authorities reported 1,842 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the province since the start of the pandemic to 158,310. Of them, 16,017 are active.

                    The seven-day average of new cases in Quebec currently stands at 1,683 per day.

                    The province also reported another 33 deaths linked to the disease. Of them, eight took place in the past 24 hours, 18 occurred between Dec. 3 and Dec. 8, five before Dec. 3 and another two from an unknown date.

                    As of Thursday, 7,382 people have died due to COVID-19 in the province.

                    Montreal reported the highest number of new cases in Quebec on Wednesday, with 648 (total 55,908), followed by Monteregie, with 207 (total 22,226), Quebec City, with 193 (total 13,555), Laval, with 134 (total 12,777), and Lanaudiere, with 129 (total 12,448)...

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                    • #55
                      Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-w...ions-1.5227177

                      Quebec will announce next week if it will add more COVID-19 restrictions
                      Daniel J. Rowe
                      CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                      Katelyn Thomas
                      CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                      Published Friday, December 11, 2020 11:09AM EST Last Updated Friday, December 11, 2020 2:15PM EST

                      MONTREAL -- Quebec is expected to decide by next week whether it plans to add measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 across the province, as cumulative cases surpassed 160,000 on Friday.

                      "We have a situation that remains difficult," Premier Francois Legault said at the last news conference of the fall session on Friday. "But I still wish to say to Quebecers that every effort that we’ve made so far… These are efforts that have given us something."

                      New restrictions would mean the closure of non-essential businesses, Legault said earlier this week...

                      ... Quebec officials reported that 1,713 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of positive cases to 160,023 in 2020.

                      Friday's update also saw the Laurentians region enter the red zone on the province's regional alert map.

                      The Quebec Institute of Public Health noted that there are now 15,941 active cases in the province and that 1,736 more people have recovered from the disease. The total number of recoveries is now 136,646.

                      Quebec also reported 53 more deaths due to the disease with six occurring in the past 24 hours, 36 between Dec. 4 and Dec. 9, 10 before Dec. 4 and one at an unknown date.

                      The total number of people who have died due to the disease since the start of the pandemic is now 7,435...

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                      • #56
                        Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7519350/q...avirus-dec-13/

                        Quebec reports 1,994 new COVID-19 cases and 33 more deaths
                        By Alessia Simona Maratta Global News
                        Posted December 13, 2020 12:28 pm
                        Updated December 13, 2020 12:32 pm


                        Quebec reported 33 new deaths associated with COVID-19 on Sunday and 1,994 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

                        Public health authorities said 12 of those deaths took place in the last 24 hours with the rest taking place at an earlier date. The provincial death toll now stands at 7,508.

                        The Health Department said there are now 880 people in hospital, up by 20 from Saturday. Of those, 123 are in intensive care, a decrease of six from the previous day.

                        Quebec conducted 38,320 COVID-19 tests on Friday, the most recent day for which testing data is available. It is the highest number of tests conducted in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic. Quebec has now conducted over 4,314,810 COVID-19 tests...

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                        • #57
                          Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...down-1.5230299


                          Quebec reports 1,620 new COVID-19 cases, bringing weekly average down
                          Daniel J. Rowe
                          CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                          Published Monday, December 14, 2020 11:06AM EST Last Updated Monday, December 14, 2020 11:26AM EST

                          MONTREAL -- As the first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrive in the province, Quebec reported Monday that 1,620 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 since Sunday, bringing the total number of positive cases in the province to 165,535 since the start of the pandemic.

                          The number is over 100 fewer than the seven-day average number of new cases, which is 1,766.

                          The Quebec Institute of Public Health (INSPQ) is reporting that there are now 16,556 active novel coronavirus cases in the province...

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                          • #58
                            Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-c...ment-1.5231962

                            Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations skyrocket with 69 more people getting treatment
                            Daniel J. Rowe
                            CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                            Published Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:29AM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:53AM EST

                            MONTREAL -- As Premier Francois Legault gets set to announce new restrictions in Quebec, the province's COVID-19 hospitalization numbers spiked Tuesday, shooting past 900 provincewide.

                            Quebec reported that 69 more people are being treated in hospital since Monday for the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number to 959.

                            Of these, 125 people are in the intensive care ward, which is three more than 24 hours ago.

                            The province added 1,741 new positive COVID-19 cases to its tally Tuesday. The total number of Quebecers who have tested positive for the virus since the start of the pandemic is now 167,276.

                            The seven-day average for new infections is now 1,791 per day.

                            Of those, 142,894 people have recovered from the disease, 1,549 more than on Monday...

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                            • #59
                              Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...aths-1.5233610

                              Quebec reports 1,897 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 more deaths
                              Katelyn Thomas
                              CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                              Published Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:06AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, December 16, 2020 1:01PM EST

                              MONTREAL -- Quebec health authorities reported 1,897 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 169,173. Of them, 17,392 are active.

                              The province also reported that 1,315 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Tuesday, for a total of 1,613. So far, 743 vaccines were administered in Montreal and the other 870, in Quebec City.

                              Wednesday's update also saw Quebec add another 43 deaths linked to the disease to its total, 13 of which occurred in the past 24 hours. Another 25 are from between Dec. 9 and 14, three are from before Dec. 9 and two more occurred at an unknown date.

                              After removing one death from the total because it was not attributable to COVID-19, Quebec reported that a total of 7,613 people have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. ..

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                              • #60
                                Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-r...-000-1.5235616

                                Quebec reports 1,855 new cases of COVID-19 as hospitalizations exceed 1,000
                                Katelyn Thomas
                                CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter
                                Published Thursday, December 17, 2020 11:07AM EST Last Updated Thursday, December 17, 2020 1:37PM EST

                                MONTREAL -- Quebec health authorities reported 1,855 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the province since the start of the pandemic to 171,028. Of them, 17,861 are active.

                                As of Thursday, the current seven-day average stands at roughly 1,817 new cases per day in Quebec.

                                Health officials announced on Thursday that they administered another 969 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednedsay, bringing the total number of people vaccinated to 2,582 so far in the province.
                                CTV News COVID-19 Coverage

                                Quebec also reported 22 more deaths linked to the disease on Thursday, three of which took place in the past 24 hours. Fourteen are from between Dec. 10 and 15, three are from before Dec. 10 and another two took place at an unknown date.

                                Thursday's update brought Quebec's death toll to 7,635 since the start of the pandemic...

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