The situation is critical and we have to act quickly, he said, adding he expects hospitalizations to spike in those cities in the coming days.
The announcement comes a day after Legault had warned that tighter pandemic rules could be imposed in five regions where he said people were flouting public health measures.
Four of those regions Quebec City, the Outaouais area across the river from Ottawa, Chaudiere-Appalaches and Bas-St-Laurent will also be moving to the more stringent red pandemic alert level from the orange level.
The Quebec premier said he is not ruling out additional restrictions in other regions should the situation there worsen in the near future.
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