status of facilities for the elderly and vulnerable, april 30, 2020 date facility number of covid-positive residents percentage april 29 résidence angelica 162 less than 15% april 29 hôpital marie-clarac 66 15–25% april 28 résidence angelica 145 more than 25% april 26 chsld champlain-de-gouin 30 more than 25% april 28 château beaurivage 29 15–25% april 28 résidence les cascades 2 15–25% by april 13 résidence sault-au-récollet 1 15–25% by april 13 résidence portofino 1 15–25% a screening centre was opened for the borough's symptomatic population on may 1, 2020. on may 23, kent nagano and the montreal symphony orchestra sent a message of support to montréal-nord in an online video. from may 19 to 25, the number of new infections fell by 26 percent from the previous week. on june 17, businessman stéphane pierre corneille donated $250,000 worth of personal protective equipment to organizations in montréal-nord. mount royal by may 14, the chsld vigi mont-royal received help from the canadian army after 148 employees and 226 residents contracted the virus due to a ventilation problem. on june 21, a drive-in cinema opened on the site of the royalmount real-estate project. outremont the new york times reported on march 18 that the virus was present in hasidim in williamsburg and borough park, brooklyn, communities linked to those in outremont, côte-des-neiges and boisbriand. on march 28, 38 percent of the 971 montrealers who tested positive for covid-19 lived in côte-des-neiges-notre-dame-de-grâce, outremont, parc-extension and the cities of hampstead and côte-saint-luc. outremont had the highest infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants until april 16. on march 25, covid-19 claimed its first victim in montreal: a 67-year-old man who lived in outremont. the following day, the spvm found eight pallets with hundreds of cases of ontario wine behind the satmar synagogue on hutchison street in outremont. a few days later, the spvm limited hasidic gatherings in montreal. on may 13, the spvm again intervened in montreal's orthodox jewish community. pierrefonds-roxboro in addition to dealing with the pandemic, the pierrefonds-roxboro borough closely monitored the level of the rivière des prairies. an emergency fund of $35,000 was created by the borough on april 6, 2020. on may 8, it canceled the annual ecological-gardening day scheduled for may 29. the borough's cloverdale neighbourhood was considered a covid-19 hotspot by public-health authorities on may 22. on june 2, the borough expected an estimated $500,000 loss of local revenue for 2020 and a budget-reduction target of 3.1 percent (equivalent to $1 million). le plateau-mont-royal on march 24, le plateau-mont-royal and the caisse desjardins du plateau-mont-royal created a local covid-19 emergency fund of ca$200,000 to support neighbourhood community organizations. deputy ruba ghazal donated $50,000 to the fund. montreal allocated $1.2 million for an emergency fund to provide food aid to the most-vulnerable citizens. rivière-des-prairies–pointe-aux-trembles beginning on may 7, 10,000 masks were distributed in the borough. on may 15, a testing centre was set up at the clsc de l'est de montréal in pointe-aux-trembles. the borough was then considered a hot zone in quebec. on may 22, rivière-des-prairies–pointe-aux-trembles deployed a new series of measures to counter the spread of the coronavirus. rosemont–la petite-patrie social-distancing corridors on beaubien street in rosemont–la petite-patrie beginning on march 13, 2020, patients at hôpital maisonneuve-rosemont and the santa-cabrini hospital could not have visitors. a week later, a member of the maisonneuve-rosemont hospital care team had covid-19: the fourth case in a hospital setting. on march 20, the epic centre (one of canada's largest cardiovascular-disease prevention centres, with 5,303 registered members) suspended its activities until further notice. the following day, lenni-kim posted on his instagram account that he and his mother had tested positive at hôpital maisonneuve-rosemont. on march 26, the angus medical clinic opened a covid-19 clinic offering consultations to people diagnosed with the virua and requiring medical care. on april 2, with 133 cases, rosemont was montreal's third-most-affected borough. four days later, the borough councilor wanted to donate $100,000 to centraide of greater montreal. eighty-seven cases and seven deaths related to covid-19 were reported in seven nursing homes by april 7, including the chsld j. henri charbonneau. on april 28, four of maisonneuve-rosemont hospital's five surgical units contained covid-19 patients. in mid-april, several pedestrian corridors were installed in the borough to make walking safer. on april 30, traffic was banned on marché-du-nord streets when the jean-talon market was open to improve the farmers' market's health standards. road work in the borough began to resume on may 11, and an online petition circulated to reopen the botanical garden. the la mennais emergency childcare service was closed for two weeks due to a covid-19 outbreak. by may 12, 227 of the borough's health workers had been diagnosed with covid-19 (21 percent of the region's total cases). a week later, borough mayor françois croteau announced that the section of saint-laurent boulevard, between rue saint-zotique and rue jean-talon would be converted into a transit mall. little italy restaurateurs were authorized to extend their terraces into the street to facilitate social distancing. on june 5, organizers of montreal's august italian week festival announced that the event would be virtual. three days later, the borough mayor announced the cancellation of "pedestrianization with bus" projects on the beaubien and masson commercial arteries and the removal of social-distancing corridors. june 9 status facility status soccer and baseball fields open for practice with 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) social distancing; no games basketball courts open for practice with 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) social distancing; no games. nets to be installed soon. playgrounds open, with cleaning in accordance with regional public health department recommendations water sports water parks open from 9 am to 9 pm, except those in the parc de la cité-jardin (scheduled to open soon). libraries closed. before the gradual reopening of the borough's libraries, a blog where local residents could document their experiences was posted. permit counter open by appointment community gardens open skate parks open tennis courts open for singles practice, outdoors only dog parks open municipal golf open swimming pools and arena closed maisonneuve park parking lot and chalet closed on june 16, the beaubien cinema announced that it would reopen on july 3. saint-léonard on april 9, 2020, saint-léonard announced the creation of a covid-19 emergency fund up to $50,000. reopenings facility reopening building permits office may 4 community gardens may 18 tennis courts at pie-xii, ferland, giuseppe-garibaldi parks, ladauversière and wilfrid-bastien may 22 arthur-péloquin and jean-talon dog parks, provencher may 22 shops may 25 water games, wilfrid-bastien, couvertin, and luigi-pirandello parks may 26 water games, ferland and delorme parks may 27 delorme park skate park may 27 on june 1, the intermarché lagoria grocery chain imposed a mask mandate. the dod basketball organization set up a survival kit to assist parents with their children's education. senneville all of montreal's boroughs had confirmed cases by april 4, with senneville experiencing its first cases. sud-ouest on april 20, 115 of the 165 residents of chsld yvon-brunet were infected with covid-19. more than four out of five deaths were in senior residences in le sud-ouest on june 3. on may 13–15, a mobile screening clinic visited the borough. verdun on february 28, 2020, the quebec government confirmed its first case of covid-19: a 41-year-old montrealer who had returned from iran. after going to a verdun clinic, the woman was transferred to verdun hospital. on march 27, verdun hospital's emergency department closed due to an outbreak of the virus; by april 2, at least 35 patients and two doctors had contracted covid-19 at the hospital. the following day, 2,837 cases were confirmed in the metropolitan area; 204 healthcare workers – including 148 in montreal – were diagnosed with covid-19 (including five doctors from verdun hospital). on april 7, actor and comedian ghyslain tremblay died at age 68 in l'étincelle nursing home in verdun after he became infected with covid-19. a week later, verdun hospital began constructing a temporary 36-bed annex; it was scheduled for completion by the end of april. on april 17, the hospital experienced a second covid-19 outbreak. the borough began a pilot project partially closing wellington street to car traffic on may 8. reopenings as of june 12 facility reopening libraries june 22 community gardens may 21 tennis courts (arthur-terrien, de la fontaine, elgar, reine-élisabeth and wilson parks) june 1 water games june 1 ville-marie ville-marie's community centres, cultural sites, libraries, swimming pools, arena and sports facilities were closed on march 13, 2020, until further notice. on march 24, the borough donated $150,000 to the covid-19 emergency fund to support its 80 community organizations. the day before, ville-marie's first walk-in covid-19 screening clinic was set up in large tents on the place des festivals. at the end of march, ville-marie was one of six boroughs with more than 50 cases of covid-19. about 50 people per day warmed up in the grande bibliothèque between april 12 and june 4, 2020; the library's hall had been converted into a homeless shelter during the pandemic on april 15, québec solidaire member for sainte-marie–saint-jacques and head of the second opposition group in the quebec national assembly manon massé donated $50,000 to the emergency fund on april 15, in common with the caisses desjardins of complexe desjardins and quartier-latin de montréal. a second mcdonald's employee tested positive. the first employee worked at the restaurant at 12090 rue sherbrooke est, and the second worked at 2901 rue sherbrooke est. the native women's shelter of montreal was closed on may 19 after a staff outbreak of covid-19. on june 3, the chambre du commerce du montréal métropolitain (ccmm) proposed making sainte-catherine street pedestrian-only between atwater and papineau. due to the pandemic, downtown montreal has lost 100,000 students, millions of tourists and about 80 percent of its workers (most of whom are telecommuting). villeray–saint-michel–parc-extension on may 1, 2020, saint-michel's accessible screening clinic was open on sunday to wednesday from noon to 8 p.m. authorities estimated a daily capacity of 100 tests. on may 18, a walk-in mobile screening clinic was testing asymptomatic residents. on may 6, with 1,239 cases, villeray–saint-michel–parc-extension, was montreal's second-most-affected borough. community organizations feared an upsurge of cases in one of canada's poorest neighbourhoods. on may 15, the borough announced its summer 2020 travel plan. reopenings as of june 12 facility reopening libraries june 15 (book returns); june 22 (le prévost and saint-michel branches) outdoor pools june 20 sports fields may 23 claude-léveillée culture house open as a cooling facility water sports may 26 dog parks may 23 community gardens may 19 westmount on march 12, 2020, a woman with covid-19 attended a wedding in a westmount synagogue with over 100 others. a week later, public access to westmount's playgrounds was banned until further notice. several days later, a firefighter tested positive for covid-19. on april 6, the municipal council voted to postpone the date of the second payment of municipal taxes. the following day, access to the borough was restricted to local traffic and deliveries. on april 8, westmount pedestrians were asked to socially distance. a week later, landscaping services quietly resumed. on april 21, 21 cases of covid-19 were diagnosed at st. margaret's residence on hillside avenue (westmount's only public chsld). the city opened its community gardens on may 18.