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MONTREAL -- There are now 5,636 people who have died of COVID-19 in Quebec, health authorities announced Wednesday, as confirmed cases in the province reached 56,859. That’s up three from the total of 5,633 deaths reported Tuesday; one of the newly reported deaths took place over the past 24 hours, health authorities said, while two…

MONTREAL -- There are now 5,424 people who have died of COVID-19 in Quebec, health authorities announced Tuesday, as confirmed cases in the province reached 54,884. That’s up seven from the 5,417 deaths reported Monday, when no new deaths were announced. Of the newly reported deaths, five took place over the past 24 hours, while…

Quebec's chief coroner has ordered a wide-ranging public inquiry into deaths that have occurred in the province's long-term care homes, private seniors' residences and other residential institutions for vulnerable people in the first six weeks of the pandemic.Flowers and notes are placed at a makeshift memorial in front of the CHSLD Herron, a privately run long-term care home…

Shopping centres in the Montreal and Joliette regions are reopening June 19.Liam Slater Oda, an employee with Sports Experts, disinfects a bench at the store on Ste-Catherine Street. That store has been open for a few weeks — soon, malls will reopen as well. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press )The latest: Quebec has 53,824 confirmed cases of…

"I want to offer my sympathies to the families of these victims. As a government, this tells us that we must do better in the future," said Premier François Legault, in marking the milestone.Quebec Premier François Legault paused as he announced the province had recorded more than 5,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)Quebec…

MONTREAL -- There are now 4,661 people who have died of COVID-19 in Quebec, health authorities announced Monday, as confirmed cases in the province reached 51,354. That’s up 20 from the 4,641 deaths reported Sunday; COVID-19 cases in Quebec rose 295 from the 51,059 announced a day earlier. The 20 newly reported deaths are the…

Shea Weber doesn't hold grudges, just ask Quebec Premier Francois Legault.Legault sported a Montreal Canadiens face mask to his daily COVID-19 press briefing on Thursday, which was held in Montreal instead of Quebec City as usual. The mask was a gift sent to him by the Montreal Canadiens captain, even though Legault joked that he…

MONTREAL -- Quebec on Friday announced it is launching what it says is a "massive" new COVID-19 screening strategy in the Montreal area, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. Horacio Arruda, the national director of public health, announced the expanded screening at a press conference Friday afternoon in Montreal North, the city borough…

With global supply chains looking fragile during the COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec is seeking ways to make its economy more self-sufficient.Quebec's unemployment rate went from 4.5 per cent in February to 8.1 per cent in March. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty…