COVID-19 cases but they are concerned about the pressure on hospitals and a complicated outbreak among the homeless population.Dr.
Mylène Drouin, director of the city’s public health department, said Friday that efforts made by Montrealers in recent weeks to curb the spread of the virus are starting to bear fruit.The region had about 46 infections per 100,000 people in December.
That has dropped to 37 per 100,000 and could decline to below 30 soon, she added, but the rates remain very high.“We are still far from a comfortable situation,” Drouin said.The positivity rate has dropped from 12 to 8.8 per cent in Montreal, but remains high in some neighbourhoods that are considered to be hot spots.