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Total Quebec cases now 24, including first child

A second Santé Québec update today indicates that there are now 24 cases in the province, up from 21 a few hours ago. Yesterday, there were 17 cases.

And Montreal’s Ste-Justine children’s hospital has just confirmed the first case of a Quebec child contracting COVID-19. The child, who had just returned from Europe, is at home and doing well, the hospital said.

Sainte-Justine said it “would like to reassure families: there is nothing to indicate that the young patient may have contaminated other (hospital) users and all preventive and hygienic measures were taken during (the child’s) brief stay in the hospital to avoid contagion.”