MONTREAL -- There are now 3,298 people who have died of COVID-19 in Montreal, public health authorities announced Friday, as confirmed cases in the city reached 26,937.
That’s up 31 from the 3,267 deaths reported Thursday; COVID-19 cases in Montreal rose 64 from the 26,873 announced a day earlier.
The daily increase in COVID-19 deaths announced Friday was higher than that reported Thursday, when 29 new deaths were reported.
The additional cases announced Friday are also higher than the 58 new cases reported a day earlier.
The borough of Montreal North has 2,514 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the most of any of the city's boroughs. The borough also has the highest incidence of COVID-19 in Montreal, with 2,984.5 cases per 100,000 residents.
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With 365 deaths related to COVID-19, the east-end Montreal borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve remains the borough with the most fatalities linked to the disease.
However, the on-island suburb of Town of Mount-Royal has the highest incidence of deaths due to COVID-19, with 360 deaths per 100,000 residents. (The higher incidence of deaths due to COVID-19 in TMR has been linked to long-term care facilities for seniors, of CHSLDs, in the town, which have been hit hard by COVID-19.
Public health officials on Friday said there have been COVID-19 outbreaks in 71 CHSLDs on the Island of Montreal, down two from the 72 reported Thursday.
