Your weekly COVID-19 update
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Your weekly COVID-19 update

Every Tuesday, the Maclean's daily newsletter will catch you up on what you need to know about Canada's fight against the coronavirus. This week, Patricia Treble focuses on one story worth watching, and you can get a sneak peek here. You'll also get the same mix of Maclean's stories you expect every day if you scroll down below.

Quebec’s second wave of COVID-19 cases is increasing rapidly. On Monday, Quebec reported 1,191 new cases, its highest level since May 3, and the fourth consecutive day of reporting more than 1,000 new cases.

So, also on Monday, Premier François Legault finally ended his opposition to the federal government’s COVID-19 app. “If you want to make a difference and return to a more normal life, please reduce your contacts and activate the COVID app,” he said.

That day, some 160,000 Canadians downloaded the app, said Marika Nadeau of the federal COVID Alert Task Force. Though the privacy restrictions built into the app mean they can’t break down those download statistics by province, she also thinks it’s likely many were from Quebec.

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