The most recent data from Montreal's public health department shows the borough of Montréal-Nord has 1,153 confirmed cases . It's calling on public health officials to follow Toronto's lead and collect data on race, language spoken and household income of people who fall ill with COVID-19, in order to better evaluate people's needs. CRARR's director, Fo Niemi, said public health data "shows an exponential explosion of cases in areas with high multicultural and multiracial densities" — neighbourhoods that are also overwhelmingly made up of low-income families. She said identifying those who are most affected by COVID-19 will allow public health experts to better develop interventions to help. However, the borough administration for Montréal-Nord says it is not in favour of investigating cases based on race or language.

Source: CBC News May 01, 2020 01:07 UTC