MONTREAL — A small community south of Montreal is making mask-wearing mandatory inside all commercial businesses beginning today following a COVID-19 outbreak authorities say is tied to a house party.
Health officials say they believe the party in the municipality of Saint-Chrysostome, located about 50 kilometres south of Montreal, is connected to a series of infections that forced several businesses to close in the nearby town of Mercier.
Meanwhile, Quebec reported 100 additional cases of COVID-19 today, the second consecutive day new cases topped the 100 mark.
The province has now had 56,316 infections of the novel coronavirus, with 25,675 cases considered recovered.
Quebec is also reporting three new deaths attributed to COVID-19, two of which occurred in the past 24 hours while one occurred before July 2, for a total of 5,612 fatalities.
Nine more people are in hospital with the disease compared with the prior day, for a total of 317, including 24 people who are in intensive care, a reduction of 3.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 10, 2020.
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