coronavirus outbreaks in schools and the arrival of different COVID-19 variants in the city.Dr. Mylène Drouin, director of Montreal public health, said Wednesday that the city has struck a “high plateau” of about 500 new infections per day.The positivity rate has dropped to about 6.6 per cent for Montreal, but some neighbourhoods stand at 10 per cent — including Parc-Extension and Côte-des-Neiges.“We are still at a very red area,” Drouin said, referring to the city’s colour-code designation.Drouin said there are nine confirmed cases and 23 presumed infections linked to variants of the virus.