A person walking in the streets of Nantes during confinement, November 12, 2020. -

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After three and a half consecutive weeks of decline, the circulation of the coronavirus is stabilizing in the Pays-de-la-Loire region, according to the latest figures published Tuesday evening by the regional health agency (ARS).

The incidence rate, which measures the number of new positive cases compared to the size of the population, now stands at 73 per 100,000 inhabitants in the Pays-de-la-Loire region.

He was 72 a week earlier.

A figure comparable to the situation at the beginning of October.

In detail, the rate decreases slightly in Loire-Atlantique (53), Mayenne (100) and Vendée (58) but it goes up a little in Maine-et-Loire (86) and Sarthe (108).

Nationally, the incidence rate is 87.

Hospitalizations and resuscitation down

The other indicator highly regarded by the authorities, the positivity rate of people undergoing screening, also rose slightly after having fallen significantly.

It reached 8.8% in the Pays-de-la-Loire region, against 8.1% a week earlier.

It is lowest in Loire-Atlantique and Vendée (7%) and highest in Sarthe (11.5%).

The French positivity rate is currently 10.7%.

The volume of hospitalizations continues to decrease, as well as resuscitations, to return to a level close to the start of the second confinement.

Some 76 Covid-19 patients lost their lives in hospital in a week.

Nearly 1,100 deaths have been recorded in health establishments in Pays-de-la-Loire since the start of the health crisis.

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