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Quebec: Number of COVID-19 cases rise past 20,000 and number of deaths rise past 1,000 on the same day

BY , Apr 21, 2020 7:25 PM - REPORT AN ERRORLAST UPDATED ON Apr 24, 2020 3:34 PM

Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to reporters questions at a daily news conference on the COVID-19 situation, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the legislature in Quebec City. Quebec's premier called on anyone large social media following to pass a message to Quebec teens and youth to stay inside and those influencers have heeded the call. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to reporters questions at a daily news conference on the COVID-19 situation, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the legislature in Quebec City. Quebec's premier called on anyone large social media following to pass a message to Quebec teens and youth to stay inside and those influencers have heeded the call. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Quebec is announcing it has broken through a grim milestone after recording more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19.

Premier Francois Legault said today 102 people died compared with yesterday, for a total of 1,041 deaths out of 20,126 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.

The province currently has 201 patients in intensive care, an increase of three people compared with yesterday.

Legault says the infection rate in long-term care homes and senior residences continues to be a major challenge, adding there are 80 such facilities where he says the virus is not under control.

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