The daily toll of new cases of coronavirus in Quebec climbed to 166, Sunday, which is the heaviest daily increase in a month.
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After having been relatively stable under 100 for nearly three weeks, the number of cases recorded in one day has exceeded this threshold in each of the last seven days.
The last equally important daily report dates back exactly one month, that is, on June 19.
This increase is part of a screening blitz in the Montreal region. About 15,000 tests were performed daily Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The column of deaths borders on stagnation, while a single death was reported yesterday. The hospitalization and intensive care patient columns are relatively stable with an increase of three each, bringing them to 251 and 18 cases, respectively.
The number of cases in Quebec now stands at 57,466. The person who died of COVID-19 in Quebec on Sunday was the only one to have died across the country for this day.
The situation in Canada
Quebec: 57,466 cases (5,655 deaths)
Ontario: 37,604 cases (2,751 deaths)
Alberta: 9,219 cases (165 deaths)
British Columbia: 3,198 cases (189 deaths)
Nova Scotia: 1067 cases (63 deaths)
Saskatchewan: 943 cases (15 deaths)
Manitoba: 343 cases (7 deaths)
Newfoundland and Labrador: 262 cases (3 deaths)
New Brunswick: 169 cases (2 deaths)
Prince Edward Island: 36 cases
Yukon: 11 cases
Northwest Territories: 5 cases
Nunavut: 2 cases
Canadian returnees: 13 cases
Total: 110,338 cases (8,850 deaths)
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