coronavirus Thursday as the health crisis rages on.The province, which has been a hot spot for the virus since the pandemic began, has a caseload of 220,518.
Recoveries now stand at 186,996.There are 74 additional deaths in the province. Health authorities say 16 Quebecers died in the past 24 hours.The death toll, which remains the highest in Canada, stands at 8,562.
It represents about half of the country’s fatalities attributable to COVID-19.Quebec imposes curfew, tightens lockdown restrictions as coronavirus health crisis deepens[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Hospitalizations dropped by 13 to 1,380.