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His 15-year-old daughter Noa, a Grade 10 student at Villa Maria High School, said students her age “aren’t the best at following certain measures.”
“Our class sizes have increased and after school, when the bell rings, the hallways are jam-packed,” she said.
Dubé said Friday that Quebec has no plan to impose a second lockdown, in part because of fears that more people would instead gather in private homes.
But Kaufman warned that if people don’t limit their social contacts, more stringent measures could result.
“Further restrictions of bars, restaurants and other businesses are likely if things don’t turn a corner soon, and that will be tough for businesses that have already suffered a lot,” he said.
Quebec reported four new deaths Sunday, of which two were in the past 24 hours and the others between Sept. 20-25. Quebec’s death toll now stands at 5,825. Seven deaths were reported Saturday.
There were 216 people hospitalized for the virus Sunday, of whom 41 were in intensive care.
A total of 27,380 people tested on Friday, for a cumulative total of 2,260,835 people tested to date.
Kaufman said that while cases were concentrated in Montreal during the first wave in the spring, now they are more evenly spread across the province.
Montreal reported 1,542 new cases in the past week, for a cumulative total of 32,939. Two people died of COVID-19 in Montreal in the past week, and 31 people were hospitalized.
