Under that alert level, activities are still allowed in compliance with health rules, with added enforcement and potential fines to make sure they are followed. Several regions, including Quebec City and the Lower Saint-Lawrence regions, are being watched closely, and could move to the orange — or "moderate alert" — level next week, sources told Radio-Canada. A region's alert level is based on three criteria: the epidemiological situation, the rate of transmission and the capacity of the region's health-care system. "Imagine the workload for the people in public health to contact all these people." But Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's public health director, warned those numbers could creep up in the coming weeks and months.

Source: CBC News September 15, 2020 15:09 UTC