Quebec has two weeks to clear a backlog of COVID-19 patients recovering in Montreal-area hospitals, physicians say, or the city's health-care facilities won't be prepared for the reopening of schools and businesses. There are still other beds in the hospitals that are empty, but they are fewer and fewer." (That includes 880 COVID-19 patients.) In Laval, 486 of 500 hospital beds were being used (86 COVID-19 patients), and in the Montérégie, south of Montreal, 1,760 of 2,000 were in use (160 COVID-19 patients). Diverted far awayIn order to relieve the pressure on Montreal hospitals, patients are being diverted.

Source: CBC News May 06, 2020 22:52 UTC