Quebec Premier François Legault reported the lowest number of new cases of COVID-19 since April 11 on Tuesday, with 570 new infections.

He also reported 51 new deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 3,647.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Quebec stands at 44,197 as of Tuesday.

Quebec nurses held a demonstration outside of Legault’s office in Quebec City on Tuesday to draw attention to difficult working conditions during the pandemic.

Legault said during Tuesday's briefing that he was disappointed by the demonstration and he wants to meet with union representatives.

He added that one of the fixes is to hire more workers, something he said his government has tried to do but positions are not being filled.

Legault welcomed the recent agreement to extend the closure of the Canada-U.S. border for non-essential travel, saying it's one of the requests he made when meeting with the prime minister in the past weeks.

He added he wants to see the agreement extended for another month into the summer to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“I’m happy that we have another month,” Legault said. “I would like that we go another month after in July until we really have control.”

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