Quebec health authorities reported 187 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, a significant jump compared to a few weeks ago when the province was reporting fewer than 100 cases a day
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He told reporters that if authorities need to confine Quebecers once again, they will close off specific regions of the province or smaller areas within regions as opposed to locking down the entire population. He said there are no immediate plans to close any bars in light of an outbreak at a Quebec City bar that has been connected to nearly 50 recent cases of COVID-19.
“We will do tests to identity the territory where we have outbreaks,” he said. “And if ever – and we’re not there yet – we need to confine people, we’ll go by region and subregion.”Story continues below advertisement
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