1) Quebec on Saturday ended its deadliest week since the first wave of the pandemic, with a seven-day tally of 121 #COVID19 fatalities. The same can be said for the city of Montreal, but most of the deaths are now occurring outside of the city.
2) As you can glimpse from the chart below, Montreal has to date posted 3,547 #COVID19 deaths, greater than all of Ontario’s tally of 3,220. During the #pandemic’s second wave, however, regions like the Capitale-Nationale, and the Montérégie have been observing more deaths. 
3) In the worst example, 32 people have died at the CHSLD Sainte-Croix in the Montérégie. A manager has since been fired, but how could so many deaths strike one long-term care centre? Wasn’t Quebec supposed to prevent this from happening again after the first wave's carnage?
4) Montreal posted another three #COVID19 fatalities Saturday, raising the city’s death toll to 3,547. See the chart below. In the past seven days alone, 18 lives have been cut short in the city. During the second wave, more people in their 70s have been dying from the virus.
5) Meanwhile, Montreal identified 286 new #COVID19 infections. The city’s seven-day rolling average rose to 119.21 cases, remaining at a high plateau despite a partial confinement imposed on Oct. 1. Outbreaks in schools and the workplace are to blame for this plateau.
6) For two days running, the city has witnessed #COVID19 resurgences in the west and east ends. Also of note is that the greatest number of cases occurred Saturday in the health district of Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle, where there are outbreaks once again in eldercare homes.
7) Premier François Legault thanked Quebecers Saturday for their sacrifices during the second wave. He expressed hope as well, saying “we have regained a certain amount of control over the pandemic.” However, the latest mortality stats would appear to challenge that assertion.
8) Perhaps the hope now lies south of the border, where President-Elect Joe Biden announced Saturday night he will set up a task force of scientific advisers to help guide the U.S. out of the #pandemic, removing politics as much as possible out of the equation. End of thread.
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