Premier Francois Legault had a similar message.
Police detain a protester as they enforce a night curfew imposed by the Quebec government in Montreal, Quebec, January 9, 2021.Photo by REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
I was carefully watching what happened last night with the curfew and I want to recognize the exemplary work by police officers throughout Quebec, he wrote on Twitter, adding that he wanted to thank Quebecers for their excellent cooperation.
One planned protest in the Montreal suburb of Longueuil appeared to fizzle, according to local police.
We arrived there and there was no one, said Capt. Jean-Christophe Fortin of the Longueuil police. The impact of a $1,500 ticket deterred people well.
In nearby Chateauguay, police had stopped 143 vehicles and 161 people by midnight. They issued six tickets.
The majority of vehicles intercepted and citizens stopped had a valid reason that is on the list of exceptions, said spokeswoman Const. Jenny Lavigne.
The rising tide of COVID-19 cases the new curfew is meant to quell continued to gain momentum on Sunday as the province reported 2,588 new infections and 39 new associated deaths.
People skate on a lake in a city park in Montreal, Sunday, January 10, 2021.Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Public health authorities said 14 of the newly-reported deaths took place within the proceeding 24 hours, with the rest taking place at an earlier date.
Quebec has reported an average of 2,645 new cases a day of COVID-19 over the past week.
The Health Department said Sunday that 1,380 people are currently hospitalized in association with COVID-19, a decline of 12 from the day before. The number of people in intensive care declined by three from the previous day to 203.
The province said 9,264 doses of vaccine were administered Saturday for a total of 84,387.
The province has given out 74 per cent of the vaccine doses it has received, Health Minister Christian Dube said in a post on Twitter Saturday.
Quebec has reported 228,821 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 8,686 deaths linked to the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 10, 2021.read more
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