Ada McVean, 24,&nbsp;was closely following the COVID-19 situation as it swept across the globe.&nbsp;

A trained scientist and graduate student at McGill&nbsp;University, she was careful when she was out in public&nbsp;and followed all public health directives at the time.&nbsp;

First she lost her sense of taste and smell. Then McVean and her boyfriend experienced mild flu-like symptoms.&nbsp;

Both were tested. Her boyfriend was negative. She was positive.&nbsp;

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Vanessa D'Agostino was infected with COVID-19 while travelling in Europe. 

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Nearly 60,000 Quebecers have tested positive for COVID-19. This is Scott Benesiinaabandan's story of how the infection slowly took over his body and the dread of being reinfected that still haunts him.

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Scott Benesiinaabandan was tested positive for COVID-19 in May.

Scott Benesiinaabandan living through covid-19

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As Quebec descended into lockdown, she tested positive for COVID-19

Nearly 60,000 Quebecers have tested positive for COVID-19. This is Lee-Ann Matthews's story of the mystery and uncertainty that surrounded her diagnosis in the pandemic's early days.

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Montreal Lee-Ann Matthews was infected with COVID-19 during the initial swell of cases in March.

Lee-Ann Matthews

In the early days of the pandemic, thousands of Quebecers returned home from spring break unknowingly infected.  Lee-Ann Matthews was one of them.

Ada and her boyfriend thought they had recovered from their mild cases of COVID-19. A few weeks later, their symptoms were back.

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