Confirmed COVID-19 variant cases jump by 179 in Quebec, including in schools

Confirmed COVID-19 variant cases jump by 179 in Quebec, including in schools
Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette
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Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's chief public health officer, noted that around 21 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Montreal comprise the new variants. In the Capitale-Nationale region, it's 33 per cent, he added.
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The more contagious COVID-19 variants continued to spread across Quebec on Tuesday, with the number of confirmed cases rising by 179 to a cumulative total of 522.
Meanwhile, seven schools — four in Montreal and three in Laval — announced they had suspected variant cases among students, according to covidecolesquebec.org , the website run by Nuns’ Island parent Olivier Drouin that tracks COVID-19 in the educational sector.

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