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Data released by Montreal’s public-health department Monday suggest that the 265 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the island of Montreal are about evenly split between people over and under age 50.

As of 1 p.m. Monday, Quebec had 628 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Montreal Island is the hardest-hit of Quebec’s health regions by far, with 265 confirmed cases. The Montérégie region is next in line, with 66 confirmed cases, Lanaudière has 50, the Eastern Townships 48 and the Laurentians 30.

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More than half of the people who have tested positive for the coronavirus on the island of Montreal so far were people who had recently returned from travels; about 60 per cent of the 265 positive cases, according to Jean Nicolas Aubé, a spokesperson for the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Ile-de-Montréal.

About 60 per cent of those in the Montreal region who have tested positive are men, Aubé added.

About half of the 265 who have tested positive on the island of Montreal’s are 50 or older, and 30 per cent of that 50 per cent are over 60, Aubé said. In other words, about 132 people under 50 have tested positive in the Montreal region. Another 132 who are over 50 have tested positive, including about 40 who are over 60. Aubé could not provide a more detailed age breakdown just yet.