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

• Quebec reported 1,191new cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths onMonday. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been79,650 confirmedcases and5,884peoplehave died.
• There are 361 peoplein hospital (an increase of 27), including 62 in intensive care(a decreaseof two).
• CBC Montreal is looking for health professionals who can help us cover issues surrounding the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Quebec. For more information,click here.

With cases soaring, the Quebec government has made masks mandatory for high school students starting Oct. 8. It hasalsobannedteam sports, organized leisure activities and shut down gyms.

At 5 p.m., PremierFranois Legault is expected to announce the federalCOVID-19tracing app will now be available in Quebec.

Quebec has reported the highest single-day total since the pandemic started, with1,191 new cases on Monday.

This is the fourth day in a row where Quebec's daily total has exceeded1,000.

Last spring, there were only five days whenthe province saw more than 1,000 cases the highest of which was on April 15, when there were 1,104 cases reported.(It should be noted therate of positive results was higher in April and May, suggesting there were more cases in the community at that time, we just weren't recording them.)

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