10,000 lives lost: A closer look at the people behind Quebec s staggering pandemic death toll Benjamin Shingler, Jonathan Montpetit
A selfless long-term care worker. A teenager. A young father. Thousands upon thousands of wives, husbands, grandparents, lovers, partners, friends.
On Sunday, Quebec recorded 32 more deaths from COVID-19, making it the first province to cross the grim threshold of 10,000 deaths from the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
It s a staggering number that accounts for just under half of the total death toll from the pandemic in Canada.
The first Quebecer known to have died of COVID-19 was 82-year-old Mariette Tremblay, who left behind 18 grandchildren and great-grandchildren on March 18.