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

• Quebec reported 409new cases of COVID-19 on Monday (1,163 new cases since Friday)and one new death since the last update.
• Since the start of the pandemic, there have been381,996confirmed casesand11,242people have died.
• There are 82people in hospital (an increase of two),including 27in intensive care(no change).
• 35,987doses of vaccine were administered in the past 24 hoursfor a total of11,813,442doses administered in Quebec.
• 85per cent of the eligible population in the province (age 12 and up) hasreceived one dose of vaccine, and 73 per cent have received two doses.

COVID-19 data is no longerupdated by Quebec's Health Ministry on weekends or on public holidays.

The number of young adults getting vaccinated in Quebec is finally close to reaching the provincial target of 75 per cent, said Health Minister Christian Dub.

Though the rate of 18- to 29-year-olds with one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine had been lagging in the province, Dubsaid in a tweet Monday that the age group was only 8,841 appointments short of reaching that target.

He also said76 per cent of 30- to 34-year-olds in Quebec have now received at least one dose.

Yesterday, Dubgave an unofficial update on COVID-19 case numbers on Twitter, noting public health officials are keeping a close eye on the increase across the province. He called on people to remain vigilant.

1/3 of recent cases in Montreal linked toair travellers

Just as it did last winter, the province is asking the federal government to tighten rules around air travel in hopes of slowing the growing spread of COVID-19.

Dub wrote a letter to his federal counterpart, Patty Hajdu, asking her to review rules regarding quarantine and to speed up testing for returning travellers.

Since July 5, citizens and permanent residents returning from abroad do not need to quarantine, but they are tested for COVID-19.

In his letter, Dub told Hajduthat it can take up to seven days for the results to come in.

"These delays mean that travellers who test positive but are exempted from quarantine rules can become transmission vectors," Dub wrote in the letter that was obtained by Radio-Canada.

On Thursday, Montreal Public Health said about a third of recent cases in Montreal are linked to air travellers.

Federal election and COVID-19 risk

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in town after announcing Sunday that he had received approval from Governor General Mary Simon to launch a federal election.

With campaigning underway and Canadians heading to the pollson Sept. 20, epidemiologist and cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos says as long aspublic health measures remainin place and mail-in ballots and advanced voting are accessible, the election should be relatively low risk.

"The politicians are, I hope, largely going to be campaigning outside of the traditional venues of large political rallies," Labos said. "What we don't want is large numbers of people gathering together in one place, because that's how outbreaks happen."

WATCH| Legault says province is ready for fourth wave

Quebec premier says province ready for coronavirus 4th wave

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Quebec Premier Franois Legault says his province is ready for a fourth wave of COVID-19 because of its high vaccination rate but he's mindful that hospitalizations could rise.

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