quebec Quebec ICUs steel themselves for one last COVID-19 surge Hospitals in Quebec City, Chaudière-Appalaches and Outaouais regions could reach capacity in next 3 weeks My sense is we're in for a bit of a run in the next few weeks," said Dr. Peter Goldberg, head of critical care at Montreal's McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). "We're preparing for probably a worse phase than either (wave) one or two in terms of ICU numbers." For the past week, the number of new infections in Quebec has hovered between 1,500 and 1,600 per day. So far, the Montreal area has managed to avoid an explosion of new cases, but Quebec City, Lévis and Gatineau are all struggling with high rates of community transmission due to more contagious variants of COVID-19. In addition to an 8 p.m. curfew in those regions, schools are operating exclusively online and non-essential businesses remain closed. Those targeted measures may help, but projections released Thursday by provincial experts suggest designated COVID-19 beds could be completely filled in those regions in the next three weeks. In the Montreal area, hospitalizations are expected to continue to rise for the next two to three weeks. ontario Ontario reports 4,362 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths on Saturday Province says number of people in hospital in Ontario has reached a new high of 2,065 Ontario reported 4,362 new COVID-19 cases and 34 more deaths on Saturday, as new restrictive measures came into effect in a bid to stem the exponential rise in cases. The latest provincial modelling data projects that Ontario could see more than 10,000 new cases per day by late May. Dr. Kali Barrett, a critical care physician who is also a member of the science advisory table secretariat, called the projections "unthinkable" and "catastrophic." Saturday's cases are down from a record-high of 4,812 on Friday — a slight reprieve after three straight days of new peaks. However, the seven-day average continued to climb, reaching 4,370 on Saturday, a slight increase from 4,292 on Friday. The latest figures include 1,162 in Toronto, 936 in Peel Region, 430 in York Region, 251 in Ottawa, and 301 in Durham, according to Health Minister Christine Elliott. Elliott said 3,751,316 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Ontario as of 8 p.m. on Friday. Hospitals continue to fill with COVID-19 patients On Saturday, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said the federal government has approved a request from Ontario to extend the deployment of two mobile health units in the province until at least the end of June. The military-style field hospitals are deployed at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto and Hamilton Health Sciences and will remain there until June 30.

ont-lockdown What you can and cannot do now that Ontario has tightened its stay-at-home order Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced new public health measures on Friday that tighten the stay-at-home order already in place and include new restrictions on travel between provinces. The stay-at-home order, first imposed on April 8 for four weeks, will now be extended until May 20. Ontario reports 4,362 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths on Saturday All of that means there are new limits on what residents can and cannot do. Here are some answers to questions you might have.