Quebec reports 41 new COVID-19 deaths as confirmed cases rise to almost 11,000

MONTREAL -- Quebec announced Thursday that 216 people have now died of COVID-19 in the province and that the number of confirmed cases in Quebec stands at 10,912.

That's up 41 from the 175 deaths reported Wednesday and an increase of 881 from the 10,031 confirmed cases announced a day earlier as well. There were 679 Quebecers being treated for COVID-19 in hospitals as of Thursday, health authorities reported, up 47 from the 632 reported a day earlier; of those, 196 are in intensive care, up 15 from the 181 reported Wednesday.

There are also 1,112 Quebecers who have recovered from COVID-19, up 285 from the 827 recoveries reported a day earlier. Quebec Premier Francois Legault, Health Minister Danielle McCann and Horacio Arruda, Quebec's national director of public health, are providing the province's daily COVID-19 update from Quebec City.

Perhaps living close to raw sewer dumps is contributing to the numbers? We don’t really know how the virus is spread-do we?

Would that be a ' chip off the Bloc '

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