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COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Monday

For the first time in three months, no one has died in Quebec in the last 24 hours from COVID-19. Here's the latest on the pandemic.

No new deaths recorded as next phase in Quebec's deconfinement begins

Sacha Brand, owner of Comptoir 400 restaurant in the Old Port of Montreal, carries chairs as he prepares to open his outdoor terrasse to customers. Restaurant dine-in service can resume today. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press )
  • Quebec has 54,835 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,417 people have died, an increase of69 new cases and zero deaths from a day earlier.
  • There are 520 people in hospital, including 57 in intensive care. Here's aguideto the numbers.
  • How risky is returning to routine in Montreal right now?Here's what anexpert has to say.
  • Day camps can begin as of today, but sleepaway camps will remain closed this year.
  • Many of the province's indoor and outdoor pools are now open.

For the first time in three months, no one has died in Quebec in the last 24 hours from COVID-19.

Monday marks the first time Canada's hardest-hit province has reported no new deaths in three months.

And the 69 new cases that were added to the tally today is the lowest new daily case total for Quebec since March 21, when there were 38 cases.

Quebec enters next phase of deconfinement

Several more sectors of Quebec's economy and activities resume today, including the gradual reopening of indoor pools,gyms and sports facilities, as well as day camps.

Restaurantdine-in servicesin Montreal,Joliette and l'piphanie also reopen, along withfood courtsacross the province.

Montrealers are now allowed to have private indoor gatherings of up to 10 people.Public indoor gatheringsof up to 50 people are permitted too, meaning movie theatres, concert halls and places of worshipacross the province can reopen, if they wish.

Return to schoolsuccessful, federation says

As Quebec's school year comes to a close, a group of school administrators is looking back at the results of the province's initial return to classrooms amid COVID-19.

According to theFdration Qubcoise des Directions d'tablissement d'enseignement,about two-thirds of students returned to class once parents got comfortable with the idea.

The federation is taking what it's learned in that back to school trial run last month in hopes it will make the return to school run smoothly come fall.

As pools reopen, Quebecerswith reduced mobility relieved

Annie Beaudoin, who has multiple sclerosis, is one of manypeople with physical disabilities or reduced mobility that rely on swimming as their primary form of exercise and rehabilitation, but she has been unable to swim in the last three months.

Gyms, and indoor and outdoor pools, are now able to open in Quebec, but some are worried that could change if a second wave of COVID-19 cases were to occur, that could change and leave them without options.

With files from The Canadian Press

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