COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know on Thursday

• Quebec has 57,001confirmedcases of COVID-19 and5,646 peoplehave died, an increase of 142cases and 10 deaths.The total includes one deathfrom before July 8.
• There are 277 peoplein hospital (a decrease of eight), including 20in intensive care (no change from a day earlier). Here's aguide to the numbers.
• Montreal public health is asking anyone who has been to a bar this month to get tested for COVID-19. So far, 45 cases have been linked to 14 bars in the city.
• CBC Montreal is collecting stories from Quebecers who have recovered from COVID-19. If you would like to share your experience, pleaseget in touch.
• Having trouble keeping track of what has reopened?Consult our list.

Health Minister Christian Dub says if the increase in cases can be proven to be linked to bars being reopened, he will not hesitate to take action in the next few days. The province has said it would shut down bars if necessary.

Dub spoke to reporters in a Montreal parking lot where people were lined up to be tested behind him.

Quebechas been under pressure to provide more testing capacity as Montreal bar-goers have been lining up for hours all weekto get tested.

NewCOVID-19 testing sites are opening in Montrealtoday and Friday.

Public health officials in Montreal have beenaskingthe government to increase the number of testing sites after tellingeveryone who'd been in a bar in the city since July 1 to get tested.

So far, 45 cases have been linked to 14 bars.

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• Watch: Family members and staff at CHSLD Sainte-Dorothe in Laval laid 101 flowers Wednesday, in honour of theseniors who lost their lives in thelong-term care home hit hardest by COVID-19.