QUEBEC BATTLES JAIL OUTBREAK; OVERALL STATS ‘ENCOURAGING’

A COVID-19 testing operation was underway at a jail north of Montreal on Sunday following an outbreak that has infected more than 60 people. A spokeswoman for the regional health board for the Laurentians said that, as of Saturday, 45 inmates and 17 workers had tested positive at the St-jerome detention centre. Melanie Laroche said testing of all the inmates wrapped up on Saturday, while employee testing is expected to be complete by Monday. The news came as the overall COVID-19 portrait in Quebec continued to trend in a positive direction, according to the province’s health minister. Christian dube said on Twitter that the numbers were “encouraging,” but said Quebecers need to maintain their efforts to reduce cases, hospitalizations and deaths.