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 is delaying all non-urgent activities in hospitals for the next two weeks to allow more medical professionals to work full time in the province's struggling long-term care homes.
Premier Francois Legault says the province is short 2,000 people to work in the homes, where the majority of the province's COVID-19 deaths have originated.
The province reported 62 more deaths due to COVID-19 for a total of 939, and 962 more cases for a total of 19,319.
Legault said 3,847 people have recovered from the illness.