1) This past Wednesday, Montreal health authorities disclosed a major #COVID19 outbreak at a seniors’ residence in the Quartier Latin that's infected at least 28 people, hospitalized six and killed one. Yet these stats still haven’t been listed in the provincial records. Why not?
2) Dr. Mylène Drouin publicized the outbreak at the Soleil Manoir Plaza to warn that a growing number of so-called mobile elderly are falling ill with #COVID19 in seniors’ residences as opposed to long-term care centres. She explained there was a lag in transmitting the data. 
3) But four days later, the Soleil Manoir outbreak — which would appear to be the worst in the province — has still not appeared in the government’s updates, resulting in an undercount of at least 28 cases in the latest daily tally. Undercounts are a problem elsewhere, too.
4) Neighborhood breakdowns by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec undercount the true total of Montreal’s cases almost every day. The Education Ministry’s weekday reports also undercount, when compared with the up-to-the-minute updates by covidecolesquebec.org.
5) Such inaccurate data — or serious lags in reporting data — raise suspicions and breed mistrust at a time when conspiracy theorists are flourishing. Authorities should once again redouble efforts to communicate better with the public during this second wave in the #pandemic.
6) Meanwhile, Montreal posted 277 #COVID19 cases on Saturday, down from 345 the day before, according to the orange line in the chart below. Does the chart suggest a plateauing? The true pattern will probably emerge by the end of next week to answer that question definitively.
7) But at the neighborhood level, two trends have emerged. The city centre — Côte-des-Neiges, downtown Métro, Parc Extension and Outremont — continue to drive transmission of the #coronavirus, while cases are relatively low in the health district of Dorval, Lachine and LaSalle.
8) Finally, the metropolis added another two #COVID19 fatalities Saturday to a death toll of 3,495 that has sadly picked up momentum during this second wave, with seniors once again dying disproportionately. End of thread. Please stay safe at home and wear a mask in public.
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