COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know on Tuesday

• Quebec reported 797new caseson Tuesdayand 16deaths. One death previously attributed to COVID-19 is no longer.
• Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 353,475confirmed cases and10,959people have died.
• There are 594people in hospital (an increaseof six), including 155in intensive care (an increase of four).
• 52,141vaccinedoses were administered in the last 24 hours for atotal of 3,308,542sinceDec. 14.

Premier Franois Legault is lifting restrictions in Quebec City and other parts of the province, given a decline in cases and a projected decline in hospitalizations.

But Legault is also maintaining closures in pockets elsewhere, where the virus is still spreading.

Here are the list of changes starting Monday, May 10:

• In Quebec City, LvisBellechasse andMontmagnyL'islet high school students will resume in person classes, non-essential businesses can reopen and the curfew will be pushedback to 9:30 p.m.

• In Outaouais, Legault said the situation is still "very fragile." Elementary schools will be allowed to reopen but other restrictions will remain in place.

• Two sub-regions in Outaouais, however, will have restrictions eased: La Valle-de-la-Gatineau and PapineauMRCs. High schools and non-essential businesses will reopen, and thecurfew will move to 9:30 p.m.

• In Beauce-Etchemin, Legault said, there are still lot of active cases. The only change will be primary schools reopening.

• Legault singled out Le Granit, a regional health unit (Rseaulocal de services) in the Eastern Townships that includes Lac-Mgantic. He said it has the highest per capita case rate in the province. Starting Wednesday at midnight, non-essential businesses and high schools will be forced to close and an 8 p.m. curfew will be in effect.

• The situation in Abitibi-Temiscaminguehas improved and restrictions will be lifted on May 10, as the region moves from orange to yellow.

More vaccines on the way

Health Minister Christian Dubencouragedeveryone eligible to book an appointment to do so. He said the province has already succeeded in having 75 per cent of people 55 and over get vaccinated.

As of this afternoon, registration is already opento those 40 and older.

All adults in Quebecwill be able to book a vaccine appointmentin the coming weeks.

The province is expecting roughly 500,000 doses ofPfizer-BioNTech per week through the end of the month, and more on the way from Modernaas well.No AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines are scheduled to be delivered.

WATCH |Try registering for vaccine appointments the night before,saysDub

Drive-thru vaccinations

Quebec will open itsfirst drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at Montreal's Trudeau airport later this month.

Staff at the site will beexpected to administer up to 4,000 doses per day. It will open May 17, and people will be able to get vaccinatedeveryday of the week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Dubsaid the clinic's location was chosen because of the high number of people in the area who commute to work in their cars.

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