Today Marks Quebec's Third Consecutive Day With Over 1,000 New COVID-19 Cases Since May

Premier Legault says the partial confinement in certain regions could last more than 28 days due to the rise in cases.
Today Marks Quebec's Third Consecutive Day With Over 1,000 New COVID-19 Cases Since May
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Quebec's COVID-19 case count is back on a steady rise.

On October 3, the provincial government announced the highest recorded rise in cases within 24 hours since the beginning of May: 1,107.

Today, on October 4, the province saw 1,079 new novel coronavirus cases within the past day.

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1,079 New COVID-19 cases

With eight new additions in the past 24 hours, the province has 334 individuals hospitalized due to the virus at the present moment.

Quebec now has 78,459 total COVID-19 cases throughout the entire province.

Of this total, 35,167 of the cases are found in Montreal. The region with the second-highest number of cases is currently Montérégie, with 11,282 confirmed infections.

Various regions in the province currently find themselves under red alert, which means a partial lockdown until October 28 — although Premier Legault has said it could go longer than that.

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