Canada: Quebec's sudden rise in pandemic cases due to increased family contacts, says Health Ministry
Quebec, Jul 22 (IBNS): Quebec's surge in the number of new cases of coronavirus since the end of June has been mainly due to increased family contacts, Quebec Health Ministry was quoted as saying in media reports.
On July 21, Quebec recorded 180 new cases, its highest daily increase since June 11.
After experiencing its worst coronavirus outbreak in late June that had left thousands dead in long-term care homes, the province of Quebec had started seeing a decline in the number of new cases.
On the eve of summer, fewer than 90 new cases of coronavirus per day were being registered by the province on an average, compared to more than 800 just weeks earlier.
After watching the downward trend of other public health indicators such as hospitalizations, deaths, Quebec Premier François Legault allowed the reopening of restaurants and bars where Quebecers could again gather in small groups.
But when less than a month later, the province's sudden soar in the coronavirus cases left the health experts and politicians bewildered, many in the province attributed the cause of increase to the reopening of bars on June 25.
But the information compiled by Quebec's Health Ministry between June 28 and July 4 revealed fewer than five percent of new cases in the province could be traced to a bar, whereas around 35 percent were due to family contacts.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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