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COVID-19 Update: Venue restrictions lifted across Quebec

COVID-19 Update: Venue restrictions lifted across Quebec

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Jorge Maria

MRC Pontiac Oct. 5, 2021 

At a Sept. 30 press conference, Quebec Health and Social Services Minister Christian Dubé announced a further relaxation of health measures in Quebec due to the increasingly positive outlook in the Province. For venues with assigned seating, such as cinemas and sporting events, limits on the number of participants are no longer required, assuming everyone has a vaccine passport. There will be no further audience limits on ceremonies, meetings, assemblies, graduations and other formal gatherings where a passport is already required.

Regional active cases moved up slightly this week as the latest data shows 188 active cases (13,821 total, 13,412 recovered): as of Oct. 4, 2021, up 13 from Sept. 27. There are nine hospitalizations at the designated COVID-19 centre in Hull, with three people in intensive care. For the second week in a row, the regional death toll rose with 221 total deaths reported in the Outaouais, up one from last week.

Within the RLS Pontiac, the CISSSO listed the following numbers on Oct. 4*:

  • Municipality of Pontiac: numbers unavailable
  • Mansfield et Pontefract: 100 (no increase): 
  • Fort Coulonge: 48 (no increase): 
  • Shawville: 35 (no increase): 
  • Campbell’s Bay: 17 (no increase): 
  • Waltham: 11 (no increase): 
  • Bryson: 10 (no increase): 
  • Otter Lake: 8 (no increase): 
  • L’Île du Grand Calumet: 8 (no increase): 
  • L’Isle aux Allumettes: 8 (no increase): 
  • Bristol 6 (no increase): 
  • Litchfield, Portage du Fort (five or less minimum one case): 
  • Sheenboro, Thorne: five or less (minimum one case): 

*(It is important to note that none of these figures represent the active case situation): *



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