Six deaths and 48 cases of Covid-19 in a nursing home in Roanne

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Six residents died in an Ehpad in Roanne (Loire) where nearly 50 positive cases for Covid-19 were detected, we learned on Friday from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Health Agency (ARS).

Following the discovery of a positive case at the beginning of last week, a generalized screening revealed Thursday 40 positive cases among the residents and eight among the staff of this establishment of 65 beds, the same source specifies. .

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“Since then, appropriate measures have been implemented in the establishment with the support of mobile teams from the Roanne Hospital Center,” said ARS.

When asked, the management of the Résidence du Clair-Mont, which belongs to the IGH group, based in the Bouches-du-Rhône, did not wish to speak.

In the same Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, twelve deaths were recently recorded in a retirement home in Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain).

In addition, the ARS of Center-Val-de-Loire announced on Friday a cluster of 54 cases in one of the largest nursing homes in France, located in Bourges.

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