COVID-19 as the growing number of hospitalizations and cases put pressure on the city’s health network.Hospitalizations linked to the health crisis have nearly doubled in the span of a month.
The number of patients in local hospitals was 366 in mid December — but now it has topped 700.“Montreal is once again the epicentre of the pandemic and the situation remains very, very difficult in hospitals,” said Mayor Valérie Plante told reporters during a news conference Wednesday.Quebec topped 1,500 hospitalizations Wednesday, a number not seen since the spring when the pandemic first bore down.