Quebec premier François Legault is urging people to stay at home and limit travel between regions as the number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus jumped to 121 on Thursday.

“It’s not time to be in shopping centres. It’s not the time to spend an hour and a half at restaurants,” he said.

The first death related to the novel coronavirus in Quebec was confirmed on Wednesday.

There are seven people who are hospitalized due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. As of Thursday, about 4,000 people are awaiting test results and nearly 6,000 individuals have been given the all-clear.

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