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

• Quebec has 55,682confirmed cases of COVID-19 and5,560 people have died, an increase of 89cases and 19deaths.The government says 12 of thosenewly reported deaths took place before June 25.
• There are 392people in hospital, including 31in intensive care. Here's aguide to the numbers.
• Masks are now mandatory inCte Saint-Luc's indoor public spaces
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The COVID-19 situation in Quebec remains under control, but there is concern that some in the population are growing too relaxed, the province's public health director said Friday.

Dr. Horacio Arruda said that with summer weather and a decline in new cases, "we have the impression that there's a certain loosening in the population about distancing and wearing masks."

In some recently confirmed new cases, the number of people with whom the infected person had been in close contact has been higher than in the past, Arruda said, suggesting a decline in vigilance. And new cases, though still much lower than at their peak, are skewing younger.

"These are situations that do concern us," he said.

Arruda said great effort is going into preparing for a second wave. Among changes being made is a testing strategy to target asymptomatic carriers, he said, with a focus on more vulnerable sectors. Workers in Quebec's long-term care homeswill be tested every week, for example, he said.

Outbreak at Saint-Jrme hospital

Public health officials have have banned most visitors from entering the Saint-Jrme regional hospital for an indefinite period due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

The decision to keep all but a handful of visitors out was made for the "health and safety of the most vulnerable people," according to a statement issued Friday by the regional health authority, CISSS des Laurentides.

• MORE: Saint-Jrme hospital suspends visitation due to COVID-19 outbreak

Pandemic means direneed for social housing, community group says

Social housing group Front d'action populaire en ramnagement urbain (FRAPRU)says it is alarmed by the shortage of rental housing this year, and saythe situation is worsened by the pandemic.

Hundreds of families in the province did not have a lease after July 1 and are either staying with friends or family or using emergency aid.

Withevictions allowed to resume this month, the group says more tenants couldbe left out on the streets.

• More:Hundreds of Quebec families still don't have a lease after moving day

Impact of Air Canada suspendingregional travel

Elected officials across Quebec are denouncing Air Canada's decision to indefinitely suspend several regional travel routes in the province.

Four of the eight shuttered regional airport stations, and eight of the 30 cancelled routes, are in Quebec. Two other scrapped routes link Quebec tomaritime provinces.

Without the flights, people in several parts of the province including the Lower St. Lawrence, the North Shore, Gasp and Abitibi-Tmiscamingue are effectively cut off from major city centres.

Air Canada blamesCOVID-19's impact on travel for the cuts, stating the demand for both business and leisure travel has plummeted.

• More:Air Canada cancellations a major blow to Quebec regions