More than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in Quebec
Posted May 2, 2020 3:53 pm.
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QUEBEC – Quebec is reporting 114 new deaths linked to COVID-19 today, bringing the death toll to 2,136.
The province’s Health Department says in a statement that an additional 1,008 confirmed cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of those infected to 29,656.
Of those cases, 1,738 have required hospitalization, with 222 people in intensive care.
Quebec has announced plans to gradually reopen daycares, elementary schools, retail businesses, construction and manufacturing gradually during the month of May.
Authorities are staggering opening dates between the rest of the province and greater Montreal, which has been heavily hit by COVID-19 cases and deaths.
The province also wants to ramp up testing to 14,000 tests per day in anticipation of the gradual resumption of activities.
