COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know on Monday
Montreal daycares and dentist offices across the province reopen
The latest:
- Quebec has 51,354 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 4,661 people have died, an increase of 295 cases and 20 deaths from Sunday.
- There are 1,185 in hospital (a decrease of 13), including 163 in intensive care (a decrease of eight). Here's a guide to the numbers.
- Hair dressers, tattoo parlours and other personal-care businesses reopen in most parts of the province today. They will be able to reopen June 15 in the Montreal area and Joliette.
- Shopping malls outside the Greater Montreal area also reopen today.
- Here's a guide to what's now open and what's still closed.
As more businesses reopened and activities resumed Monday, the province saw its lowest rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases since March 25, with only 295 cases reported in the most recent 24-hour period.
Quebec Premier François Legault provided an update on the spread of the virus in the province from Montreal, alongside Health Minister Danielle McCann and Culture Minister Nathalie Roy.
Montreal still has the most cases of any Canadian city, with 25,545 confirmed cases and 2,927 deaths recorded so far.
Movie and TV production to resume June 8
Audiovisual production in Quebec will be allowed to resume on June 8, Roy announced Monday.
Productions will have to respect the two-metre rule and other guidelines provided by Quebec's workplace health and safety board.
"We also hope performances with a limited number of spectators will resume before St-Jean-Baptiste," Roy said.
The province also announced it will invest an additional $250 million for the cultural sector, to help artists recover after the COVID-19 crisis essentially halted their creative output.
Dentists, daycares reopen
Several activities and businesses are opening today, including daycares in the Greater Montreal area and dentist offices across the province.
But as daycares reopen for the first time in months this morning, some Montreal educators are concerned children will have difficulty adapting to their new surroundings.
Outside Montreal, daycares will be able to return to full capacity June 22. They will be able to do so starting July 13 in the Montreal and Joliette regions.
Kahnawake, Kanesatake reopen businesses
Businesses in Kahnawake and Kanesatake will be allowed to reopen today, with special regulations in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
The Kanesatake Emergency Response Unit also announced some of the checkpoints the community had set up in and around Kanesatake and Oka will be coming down today.
The checkpoints had been put in place in an effort to keep non-locals out of the community, amid concern that visitors could spark a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
In Kahnawake, businesses have also been given the green light to reopen today, with the exception of restaurants, bars, gyms, beauty salons and massage parlours which will remain closed until further notice.
