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In a press conference Tuesday, Quebec Premier François Legault named four Montreal areas that, with more than 450 active cases per 100,000 inhabitants, he said had among the highest rates of active COVID-19 cases in Quebec.

The four areas consist of multiple neighbourhood and borough groupings: Saint-Léonard and Saint-Michel, Ahuntsic and Montréal-Nord, Nord-de-l'Île and Saint-Laurent, and Rivière-des-Prairies, Anjou and Montréal-Est.

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In a press release issued by Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé on December 11, the province announced two more municipalities in the Laurentians would be classified as COVID-19 red zones.

The designation will be in effect as of Monday, December 14 at 12:01 a.m. in MRC des Pays-d’en-Haut and MRC des Laurentides, according to the press release.

The government is also altering measures for schools and sports in the subregions, but those regulations will come into effect as of December 17.

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As of October 28, COVID-19 cases in Quebec have surpassed 100,000, for a total of 102,814 cases in the province since the start of the pandemic.

New regions in Quebec are continually being designated red zones, so we looked at the data to compare.

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