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

• Quebec has 55,079 confirmed cases ofCOVID-19 and 5,448 people have died, an increase of 142 new cases and sevendeaths.The government says one of the newly reported deaths occurred prior to June 17.
• There are 487 people in hospital, including 50in intensive care. Here's aguideto the numbers.
• Quebec will resumereleasingdaily data on COVID-19, starting Monday.
• CBC Montreal is collecting stories from Quebecers who have recovered from COVID-19. If you would like to share your experience, please get in touch here.
• Howrisky is returning to routine in Montreal right now?Here's what anexpert has to say.
• Having trouble keeping track of what has reopened?Consult our list.

Quebec's new health minister, Christian Dub, said Friday the province will resume releasingdaily data on COVID-19, beginning Monday, after a public outcry over plans to begin releasing data once a week.

"We are listening," said Dub, two days after the province announced it would be publishing data only weekly.

The move from daily to weekly updates would have meantQuebec would be providing data less frequently than any other Canadian province, despite leading the country in the number of cases and the number of fatalities.

• More: Quebec goes back to releasing daily COVID-19 data

Nearly all sectors of Quebec's economy reopen

Effective immediately, bars, spas, water parks andcasinos nearly every kind of business in Quebec canreopen, on the condition that people adhere to sanitary regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Dr. Horacio Arruda, the province's public health director, urged Quebecers to get used to physical distancing, wearing a mask and washing hands.

There are three exceptions to the province's reopening: there will still be no festivals or other large gatherings this summer, no sleepaway camps, and sports that involve close-contact fighting will not be allowed to resume.

• More:With reopening of bars, spas and casinos, life returns to near-normal in Quebec

Canadian military leaves Quebec long-term care homes today

Canadian Armed Forces members endedtheir deployment in Quebec's long-term care homes (CHSLDs) Friday, as the Red Cross prepares to take over July 6.

The Red Cross will send about 900 people to help out in CHSLDs by the end of July, said Public Safety Minister Bill Blair Friday.

At the heightof the crisis, about 14,000 soldiers had been deployed to 25 of theprovince's long-term care homes, as they dealt with outbreaks and staffing shortages.

• More:As Canadian military leaves Quebec long-term care homes, Red Cross trains volunteers to fill in

New Brunswick,P.E.I. travel restrictions dangerous for Quebecers, MNA says

Quebec MNA Jol Arseneauhas renewed warnings thatthe travel restrictions imposed by New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island on Quebecersdriving to the Magdalen Islands endangermotorists, after a family en route to the islandsstruck a mooselast weekend.

Quebecers heading to their secondary homes on the Magdalen Islands are already able to drive through the Maritimes to catchthe ferry from P.E.I., and anyone visiting the archipelago as tourists will be allowed todo the same as of June 26, but no one is allowed to stop to eat at a restaurantor to sleep.

The provinces have implemented travel restrictions to protect residents from the spread of COVID-19.

• More:Barring Quebecers from sleep stops in New Brunswick too risky, says MNA for Magdalen Islands