The number of COVID-19 cases in Quebec soared to 3,430 on Monday, up 590 from the previous day, Premier François Legault said in his daily briefing.
Montreal has roughly half the cases, with 1,612 testing positive for the illness. On Friday, Montreal declared a local state of emergency, citing a need to protect the city’s most vulnerable amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
And while certain neighbourhoods were known to be hotspots, Montreal public health officials released a breakdown of cases by region on its website on Monday.
The area serviced by the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal health network, which includes Côte Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West, Town of Mount Royal, Westmount, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Parc Extension, Outremont,