Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to reporters questions at a daily news conference on the COVID-19 situation, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the legislature in Quebec City. Quebec's premier called on anyone large social media following to pass a message to Quebec teens and youth to stay inside and those influencers have heeded the call. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Quebec has registered 39 new deaths due to COVID-19, for a total of 328. The province reports 554 new cases, for a total of 12,846.
There are a total of 824 in hospital in Quebec, including 217 in intensive care, while 1,745 people are listed as recovered.
The Quebec government has not scheduled a briefing today, after weeks of daily updates on the progression of COVID-19.