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As of 22 April 2020, Montreal is one of the worst affected regions of Quebec, with 9,348 Cases and 583 deaths in a province with more cases than the other provinces and territories combined.
The province confirmed its first case on February 28—a 41-year-old woman from Montreal who had returned from Iran on the 24th on a flight from Doha, Qatar.[2][3][4] She was transferred to Jewish General Hospital on March 3 and released on March 4.[5][6] Since then, she has remained in isolation at her home in Verdun.
March
On March 10, an employee of the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital in Laval, who lives in Montreal, reported for work that day when he was asymptomatic, but during a period when he was contagious. He was later diagnosed with COVID-19.[7]
On March 14, in a press release, the Sainte-Justine mother-child university hospital centre (CHU Sainte-Justine) indicated that a child who returned from a trip to Europe had tested positive for COVID-19. It was the first case of coronavirus found in Quebec in a minor.[9]
On March 19, an employee of CHU Sainte-Justine tested positive.[11]
Most grocery stores or pharmacies refuse entry to people with COVID-19 symptoms in MontrealOn March 20, public health authorities advised that individuals who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 were in several public places in Montreal over the past week including the STM's green line between Angrignon and McGill metro stations, the bus 106 from Newman Boulevard towards Angrignon station on March 10, the library of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on March 11, the 24 bus headed west on Sherbrooke Street between Notre-Dame Hospital and the Fine Arts Museum on March 12 and the Aunja Restaurant on March 13.[12] These individuals are among the four residents of Côte-Saint-Luc who were declared positive for COVID-19 according to the city's mayor, Mitchell Brownstein.[13] On the same date, according to Le Devoir, the emergency chief at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, also received a positive diagnosis of COVID-19.[14]
On March 24, Montreal regional public health department said it had identified 300 cases of community transmissions in the metropolitan area on March 23.[15]
April
On April 2, 480 cases were detected in Montreal, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,642. Of these, there are 17 deaths. In addition, more than 20 outbreaks have been observed in long-term care facilities. Mayor Plante announced that there would be a larger police presence at six major parks (Mont-Royal Park, Jeanne-Mance Park, Laurier Park, La Fontaire Park, Maisonneuve Park, and Canal-de-Lachine Park) to enforce restrictions and physical distancing laws.[16]
On April 3, while 2,837 cases had been confirmed in the metropolitan area, a total of 204 healthcare workers, including 148 in Montreal, had been diagnosed with COVID-19, including 5 doctors from the Verdun Hospital.[17] In addition, a second employee of a McDonald's restaurant was found positive. While the first worked at the branch located at 12 090 rue Sherbrooke Est, the second worked at the restaurant located at 2901 rue Sherbrooke Est.[18] According to TVA Nouvelles, the billionaire Michael Rosenberg is said to be in intensive care, intubated and under sedation. The latter had participated in a wedding on March 16 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Montreal.[19]
By April 4, all of the boroughs and municipalities of Montreal had confirmed cases with Senneville getting it's first cases.
On April 15, the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) had 34 employees with COVID-19, including 14 bus drivers[20].
On April 19, a beneficiary attendant working at the CHSLD Grace Dart, in the Mercier – Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district, died as a result of COVID-19[21]
Deaths
Marguerite Lescop died from Covid-19 at the age of 104, in the CHSLD Alfred-Desrochers in Montreal, where she lived for several years and where several other residents also succumbed to the disease.[22]
On April 7, 2020, the actor Ghyslain Tremblay died following an infection with COVID-19 disease at home L'Étincelle, a nursing home in Verdun (Montreal), at the age of 68 years.[23]
On April 11, it was stated that at least five residents of CHSLD Herron in Montreal suburb Dorval had died from COVID-19 in the last month, as part of a larger pattern of neglect discovered at the facility.[24]
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