COVID-19 will be concentrated in Montreal and surrounding regions in the coming weeks, according to new projections.The Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) estimates that 86 per cent of new patients requiring hospitalization for the novel coronavirus will be located in Montreal, Laval, Montérégie, Lanaudière and the Laurentians.The province’s hospitals aren’t expected to exceed capacity, however.
As of Thursday, about one-third of the regular care beds and half of the intensive care beds in Quebec hospitals designated for COVID-19 patients are occupied.The latest projections, which were released publicly Thursday, had already been seen by Premier François Legault and his team before he announced the.