GATINEAU, QUE. -- The Quebec government is reporting another record high COVID-19 case count in the Outaouais region. The province reported 178 new cases of COVID-19 in Gatineau and western Quebec on Wednesday, bringing the region's total to 8,428 since the pandemic began. 175 residents of the Outaouais region have died. The region, which includes Gatineau, saw six straight days of triple-digit case counts until a brief dip on Tuesday to 87 new cases. The Outaouais moved into the Level 4-Maximum Alert red zone at 8 p.m. Thursday, while the Quebec government has imposed a 10-day lockdown on Gatineau and the MRC des-Collines-de-l'Outaouais due to rising COVID-19 cases.