More than 1000 COVID-19 deaths in the city
As François Legault announces plans to reopen Quebec for business, Montreal just surpassed 1000 deaths from COVID-19 (Santé Québec says 1,039).
As François Legault announces plans to reopen Quebec for business, Montreal just surpassed 1000 deaths from COVID-19 (Santé Québec says 1,039).
mare 15:25 on 2020-04-28 Permalink
If Montreal was a country (and these are for the island not including north and south shore) we would be placed near Spain and Italy on the fatalities-per-million list at around 500/MM. including the burbs we would still be in the top ten. (That top ten includes mini-countries with less than 50 deaths, but a tiny population.)
Tim S. 16:00 on 2020-04-28 Permalink
Worth repeating: when the shut down started on March 12, we had 12 confirmed cases in Quebec. That grew to 25,000, despite the social distancing. Now that there only 800ish new cases a day (without testing the general population) we can start talking about re-opening? I feel like the government is tempting fate just because they’re bored.
Mark Côté 17:08 on 2020-04-28 Permalink
Thing is, Montreal is not a country; it is a dense city. A better comparison would be with Madrid (population 3.3 million in the city proper, 6.5 million in the metro area, so 150%ish that of Montreal), which has had 13 000 covid-related deaths (we have about 13 000 *cases*).
There are better ways to make arguments against relaxing restrictions than comparing apples to oranges.