Red Cross agents carry out free Covid-19 screenings without an appointment, in Orléans (Loiret).

Antigenic tests are carried out until Friday at Place de la République, in a roving truck from the Center-Val de Loire regional health agency, reports France Bleu Orléans.

The public is welcomed without distinction, from 12:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

You just need to show up with your Vitale card or identity card to benefit from this operation.

An incidence rate of 128.90

In the latest bulletin issued Tuesday by the ARS concerning the region, 49 people are admitted to intensive care due to the coronavirus, including 19 in Loiret.

Since the start of the epidemic, 4,018 deaths are to be deplored in Center-Val de Loire, indicates

La République du Center

.

Between August 26 and August 31, eight infected patients died.

Newsletter # COVID19 n ° 300 in @RCValdeLoire pic.twitter.com/Kh2eudzS0H

- ARS Center-Val de Loire (@ARS_CVDL) August 31, 2021

Between August 22 and August 28, 30,586 people were screened in Loiret, 880 of whom tested positive for Covid-19.

The positivity rate in the department is 2.90%, against 2.70% the previous week.

The incidence rate is 128.90.

Finally, 72.70% of the population has received at least one dose of vaccine in the region and 65.80% are fully vaccinated.

In the Loiret, 425,246 inhabitants have a complete vaccination course.

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