1) With less than a week left before the month's end, Quebec posted on Saturday more #COVID19 deaths in October (259) than the previous three months combined (229), underscoring the lethality of the #pandemic’s second wave. In this thread, I'll examine fatalities by age group.
2) First, let me emphasize that any life cut short because of #COVID19 — whatever the age — is a death that should have been prevented and is therefore tragic. But in my analysis of the data I’ve come across some noteworthy findings, which I believe are worth sharing.
3) There’s an age group that is gaining in its share of the total number of #pandemic deaths: people in their 70s. Two months ago, the 70-to-79 demographic comprised 17.9% of all such deaths. On Saturday, that share crept up to 18.2% — or 15 more deaths and 1,115 in total.
4) In the past two months, four people in their 40s died in the #pandemic, raising the death toll in the group to 24 in Quebec. This cohort’s share of the total number of fatalities inched up to 0.4% from 0.3%. In contrast, the 90-plus group saw its share dip to 33.2% from 33.6%.
5) Although more Quebec women overall continue to die from #COVID19 than men, that percentage declined to 54.7% from 54.9% two months ago. This dovetails with what I've learned from Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital that more men are being hospitalized during the second wave.
6) These are all subtle, almost imperceptible changes, but they do illustrate that the #pandemic is evolving in Quebec. What hasn’t changed, though, is that most #COVID19 deaths are occurring in people in their 80s, who’ve accounted for 2,464 of the province’s 6,132 deaths. 
7) Meanwhile, Montreal posted 253 #COVID19 cases Saturday, up from 237 the day before. Please see the chart below. The city’s seven-day average decreased to 118.59 cases per million population, still high enough for Montreal to remain in the red zone for the foreseeable future.
8) At the neighborhood level, the east end of the metropolis posted nearly double the number of #COVID19 cases than the West Island, a trend since the start of the second wave. Another trend is the centre of the city continuing to record the highest number of infections.
9) As most of us have come to learn, #COVID19 deaths are a lagging indicator of hospitalizations, which are a lagging indicator of confirmed cases. And on Saturday, Quebec added another 1,009 cases and nine more hospitalizations. End of thread. Please stay safe everyone.
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