COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Mylène Drouin, director of the local public health department, explained that the region has struck a “high plateau” with an average of 325 new cases per day.
Outbreaks and hospitalizations linked to the health crisis are also on a downswing.“We haven’t seen a major impact of the March break with the transmission between families and in schools so that’s good news,” she told reporters Wednesday.Variants of the novel coronavirus, which are considered to be more contagious, make up about 20 per cent of new cases in Montreal.
Drouin says suppression measures — such as more aggressive screening and public health rules aimed at keeping the virus in check — have helped keep the variants at a plateau since Feb.