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“What we do in the coming days and weeks will determine what we do at Christmas.”
Canadian chief medical officer Theresa Tam kindly contradicted the prime minister later in the conference, saying the Christmas season “didn’t look good”.
He noted that the country posted a new record Thursday with over 5,000 new cases, and that the new models indicate that the country is able to register more than 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day by early December, unless that no strict measures are taken.
“Outside the Atlantic bubble … the fires are burning in a number of places.”
He said that with concerted action, there is still the possibility of limited social gatherings, but they need to be strictly controlled.
Quebec
Québec recorded 1,301 infections, the third consecutive day the total was over 1,300.
Of these, 317 were in Montreal.
Thirty new deaths have been reported, including nine in the past 24 hours. Of the others, 16 occurred between November 6 and 11, one before November 6 and four on unknown dates.
One death previously attributed to COVID-19 has been removed from the death toll.
The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 remains stable at 583, with 85 in intensive care.
There have been 38 new cases in Outaouais, for a total of 2,901 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic. Two other deaths were reported, for a total of 63.
Since the start of the pandemic, Quebec has reported 121,195 cases and 6,586 deaths linked to COVID-19.
Region
Kingston declared its first school outbreak of COVID-19 after four people, including two students and a teacher, tested positive at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School.
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