Wearing a mask is compulsory throughout Bordeaux city center -

Mickaël Bosredon / 20 Minutes

  • The incidence rate fell from 98.6 per 100,000 inhabitants to 115.2 in one week.

  • New clusters also continue to be identified every week in the department.

  • Under these conditions, "Halloween will not be celebrated this year" warns the prefecture and "private gatherings and intermingling between generations must be avoided.

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The Gironde escaped curfew measures during the latest government announcements on Thursday evening.

But perhaps not for a very long time, because the health situation continues to deteriorate, alert the prefecture this Friday.

“The incidence rate went from 98.6 per 100,000 inhabitants to 115.2 in one week (17%) for the entire department.

It reaches 146.6 for the metropolis and rises to 205.9 for 100,000 inhabitants in the city of Bordeaux.

“New clusters also continue to be identified every week in the department and mainly in the Bordeaux metropolitan area (61 clusters).

"Breaking the chains of transmission of Covid-19"

Hospital indicators, which react with about two weeks late, are now increasing with 122 hospitalizations today, 38 admissions in intensive care and now 46 deaths in Gironde during the last three weeks.

“Above all, these indicators are experiencing an unfavorable trend in the population of the most vulnerable people since the incidence rate on people over 65 has more than doubled in Gironde between week 39 (40.2) and week 42 (83.2).

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This level of contamination, "but above all its acceleration this week", brings the Gironde "closer to the thresholds from which the curfew becomes necessary.

"Under these conditions," Halloween will not be celebrated this year.

"" Private gatherings and intermixing between generations must be avoided to break the chains of transmission of Covid-19.

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Controls will be strengthened

Controls will also be strengthened, “with professionals and individuals alike, in a period marked by school holidays.

“Several bar closures have taken place again this week, indicates the prefecture.

The measures already in force are also extended, in particular the ban on events of more than 1,000 people, such as gatherings of more than six people in public spaces, student parties, local festivals and sporting events in the public space.

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