COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know this weekend

• Quebec reported 1,094new cases of COVID-19 and sixmore deaths on Sunday. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been93,391confirmed cases in the province and6,038people have died.
• There are 527peoplein hospital (an increase of 10), including88in intensive care (an increase of three).Here's aguide to the numbers.
• Having trouble keeping track of what's now closed?Consult our list.
• CBC Montreal is collecting stories from Quebecers who have recovered from COVID-19. If you would like to share your experience, pleaseget in touch.

Quebec registered more than 2,300 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, including a record high of 1,279 new cases on Saturday.

Several regions in Quebec have seen substantial increases in recent days, includingMauricie, Quebec City and the Eastern Townships.

It's been just over two weeks since Premier Franois Legault imposed widespread restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19. Initially he said the restrictions would be in place for 28 days, but he has since acknowledgedsome will remain beyond Oct. 28.

In his daily statement on Sunday,Health Minister Christian Dub drew attention to the growing number of hospitalizations in the province.

"Despite the stabilization in the number of cases over the last two weeks, hospitalizations continue to [increase],"Dubsaid on Twitter.

"We have to break the wave to slow this [increase] and protect vulnerable people as well as our health system."

A study released Friday by Quebec's public healthresearch institute indicatedthevirus will keep spreading if Quebecersdon't further reduce their contacts.

According to one model presented in the study,if the population reduces its contacts by a further25 per cent, for example by maintaining a two-metre distance in public spaces, wearing masks and limiting gatherings, the spread of the virus is likely to plateau and even decline.

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