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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Quebec has reported 270,911 cases and 10,046 deaths linked to COVID-19. A total of 249,361 people who have contracted the disease have since recovered.
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In west-central Montreal, mass vaccinations to be held at hockey arena, shopping centre
A hockey arena, a shopping centre and an office building have been chosen as mass vaccination centres by the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal health authority.
As the province prepares to begin vaccinating the general public against COVID-19, starting with seniors age 80 and up in late February, mass vaccination centres are being set up to deliver the inoculations.
The CIUSSS West-Central health authority covers the following neighbourhoods: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Westmount, Côte-St-Luc, Montreal West, Town of Mount Royal, Outremont, Park Extension, part of the downtown Ville-Marie borough and part of the Plateau Mont-Royal borough.
