Quebec is reporting 76 new deaths today linked to COVID-19, bringing the provincially tally to 4,439. But the number of new COVID-19 cases is continuing to drop, with 419 new cases in the past 24 hours — the lowest daily number since late March.
The total number of confirmed cases is 50,651. The province announced that hospitalizations also declined by 68 to 1,197 patients, with 167 in intensive care. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Nearly half of those confirmed cases — 25,223 — are in Montreal, where officials today announced they were extending a state of emergency in place since March 27, granting the city administration exceptional powers and the ability to redeploy resources and manpower as