coronavirus pandemic.He will be joined by Health Minister Christian Dubé and Dr. Horacio Arruda, director of Quebec public health, for the event in Montreal.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The update comes as school begins for thousands of students at English-language school boards across the province.
Those in the Montreal area are returning to class for the first time since March, when months-long closures started. Quebec students in English schools head back to class The province reported 120 new cases and three additional deaths linked to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, on Sunday.Quebec leads the country in caseload and death toll since the pandemic began.