health authorities are working hard to add personnel in montreal, mccann assured the other mnas.
“i hope we won’t need to use this” directive, she said. “we will do everything to make sure there is enough personnel in the health care facilities.”
more than 28,600 cases of covid-19 have been registered in quebec as of friday, including more than 17,200 in montreal and laval combined. together, the two cities account for about three-quarters of all covid-19 deaths in the province.
quebec public health director horacio arruda
announced 163 new covid-19 deaths friday
, bringing the total to 2,022. quebec accounts for almost 60 per cent of canada’s covid-19 deaths.
the coalition avenir québec government is vowing to spare no expense to deal with the health crisis. the province is planning to spend $2.5 billion on the pandemic until the end of june, mccann said.
“we are adding personnel,” she said. “we have given major bonuses to our employees. it’s a considerable effort. we hope that the people who are coming to help us will stay with us.”
health authorities in the province are planning to ramp up testing ahead of a partial reopening of the economy. by the end of next week, quebec intends to test 14,000 people a day, more than double the current 6,000. it intends to do more than 100,000 tests a week.