Variants on the rise as Quebec reaches grim anniversary of COVID-19 s arrival Isaac Olson © Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press Quebec Premier François Legault watches a woman get her COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Montreal s Olympic Stadium last week.
It s now been more than a year since the very first case of COVID-19 was detected in Montreal on Feb. 27, 2020 a tiny spark that quickly became a wildfire as March break travellers began returning home with fresh tans and a highly contagious virus.
Over the past year, more than 10,300 Quebec residents have died of the illness and the total number of people known to have been infected is nearing 300,000.
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