Montreal Public Health officials Dr. Mylène Drouin and Dr. Paule Lebel held a press conference on Tuesday to address the current COVID-19 situation in the City.
There are currently 19,878 cases in Montreal, with deaths now surpassing the 2,000 mark. “(There are) over 3,700 health-care workers with the virus, which represents 20 per cent of all cases in Montreal.
We still have a lot of work to do.” Dr. Drouin said the city has reached a plateau, but the goal now is to maintain it and see a progressive decrease by controlling community transmission. “The situation in Montreal is very worrisome.
We need to be prudent in reopening, and as I said, in addition to controlling virus transmission, safe deconfinement must be there before reopening,”