Valérie Plante is calling for vigilance and for citizens to follow public health measures amid an upward trend of novel coronavirus cases in the city.“It’s worrisome because yesterday alone we had 96 new cases,” she said during an executive committee meeting Wednesday.“It’s a situation that we have to take very seriously.”Quebec has raised the COVID-19 alert level for Montreal, along with several other regions, to yellow.
That level calls for “an early warning.” The government warns if the level is raised to orange, tighter restrictions will be implemented.The move comes as the number of new cases continues to surge in the province, including Montreal.