A 91 year old man from Quebec's Laurentians region is the eighth person to succumb to COVID-19 in the province.
Regional health authorities confirmed the man, who lived in a seniors' home, died Wednesday.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says the province now has 1,629 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 290 from the day before.
Provincial health authorities had confirmed two additional deaths Wednesday, and Montreal's public health department announced later in the day the city's first COVID-19 death.