National Post (National Edition)

NEW DAILY INFECTION RECORD: 2,183 CASES AND 28 DEATHS

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The leaders of Quebec's four main political parties came together Tuesday to urge people to take public health rules seriously, as health authoritie­s reported a single-day record of COVID-19 infections. “We can’t control what’s going on in houses,” Premier François Legault told reporters in Montreal, alongside the leaders of the Liberals, Quebec solidaire and Parti Québécois. “The next few weeks will be crucial — that’s why we’re united today to ask you to follow the rules.” Quebec reported a record 2,183 cases.The regions with the highest number of new infections were Montreal, with 896; Montérégie, south of Montreal, with 337; and the Capitale-Nationale region, which includes Quebec City, with 219. The province reported 28 more deaths, 10 in the previous 24 hours.

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