Quebec to report about 2,300 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, says Dubé

Despite the growing number of cases, the Quebec health minister says there are no plans to tighten public health regulations before Christmas.

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Quebec will announce that it has registered 2,300 new cases of COVID-19, provincial health minister Christian Dubé told a Montreal radio station on Wednesday morning.

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Asked point blank by 98.5 If the province hoped to reinstate curfew or lockdown regulations as the number of daily COVID-19 cases increased in Quebec, FM host Paul Arcand responded, “I won’t tell you this morning. What I’m telling you is that it’s going relatively well. I want us to be on the lookout for hospitalizations … I’ll tell you that we are going to announce 2,300 cases this morning. In a few minutes I’ll be talking to (Montreal’s director of public health) Mylène Drouin. We are looking specifically at Montreal (in regards to the increase in cases) Is it a little bump? … Is it in schools? “

Dubé said it was important that despite the increase in cases the situation was kept under control and that “excellent” people were managing the province’s response to the latest wave.

This story will be updated.