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Since the Health Ministry launched its first COVID-19 screening clinic on Monday, the number of people under investigation has increased by more than 25-fold, a Montreal Gazette analysis of the latest government figures shows.

On Monday, the number of confirmed and probable cases of the respiratory illness stood at five, the number of cases under investigation was 25 and the number of people who tested negative was 376.

By Friday afternoon, the number of confirmed cases climbed to 17, the same as Thursday, but the number of people under investigation soared to 646 and the number of negatives jumped to 1,079.