[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Hospitalizations continue to drop in the province, however.
The number of patients being treated in hospital fell by eight, for a total of 277, including 20 people who are in intensive care, the same number as Wednesday.Authorities said they conducted 12,887 COVID-19 tests Tuesday, the last day for which data is available.The rise in infections comes after authorities recently identified at least 30 cases of COVID-19 linked to nine Montreal-area bars, prompting health officials last weekend to instruct anyone who had gone to a bar in the city since July 1 to get tested.Quebec last week tried to reduce COVID-19 exposure at bars by mandating the venues limit capacity.