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

• Quebec reported 579new caseson Monday and ninemore deaths.
• Since the start of the pandemic, there have been293,210confirmed cases and10,481 people have died.
• There are 590people in hospital (adecrease of two), including 108in intensive care (anincrease of one).
• 15,249 doses ofvaccine were administered on Sunday. A total of 564,302people have been vaccinatedsinceDec. 14.

Starting today, public health restrictions are being scaled back across much of Quebec.

Regions outsideMontreal and thesurrounding area arein now orange zones, meaningthe curfew will be pushed to 9:30 p.m., and people will be allowed to workout at a fitness centre and dine in restaurants.

But somerestaurant owners in Quebec City say they won't be opening for a few days because they didn't have enough time to prepare.

The island of Montreal,Laval, the Montrgie, the Laurentians, and the Lanaudire region will all remain red zones, and notably, all elementary school children living in those regions will now have to wear procedural masks inside classrooms.

This week will see two milestones attained; some of the first Quebecers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will receive their second dose, and the province will mark the one-year anniversary of when Quebec began introducing measures to deal with the pandemic.

If you have been feelingisolated, we'vecompiledsome ways to help copeas part ofa special CBC Quebec project calledOut of the Dark: Real Talk on Mental Health.

Top COVID-19 stories today

• In this opinion column, the writer arguesCOVID-19 has added to the educational barriers girls and women face around the world.
• Calls to resume team sports in the province have been growing recently.
• Here's how to know if your kid has COVID and what to expect if they do
• The first order of business after 103-year-old Stanley Sepchuk's COVID-19 vaccine was to grab a glass of wine.
• Pharmacists will soon administer vaccines as coronavirus variants spread in Montreal.