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  • For ten days, health indicators have reached records and continue to worsen in the Alpes-Maritimes.

  • The incidence rate, number of confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants, exceeds 735 in Nice, which is three times higher than the national average, at 190.

  • The capacity of the intensive care unit is largely exceeded.

    Transfers of patients to other regions are under consideration.

During the next two weekends, 90% of the French Riviera will be asked to avoid unnecessary travel.

A partial and localized containment measure, unprecedented in metropolitan France, decided in the face of an outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Health indicators have clearly turned red for ten days, and even continue to worsen.

Incidence rate continues to increase

This is one of the most telling indicators in terms of the epidemic.

The incidence rate, that is to say the number of daily cases per 100,000 inhabitants, now reaches 588 in the Alpes-Maritimes, and even exceeds 735 in the Nice metropolis.

This is the maximum, by far, recorded at the moment in metropolitan France, and it is also more than three times the national average (which stands at 190).

Hospital death toll exceeds 1,000

During the weekend, the number of deaths attributed to Covid-19 in hospitals in the department also exceeded the symbolic bar of 1,000 deaths since the start of the epidemic: exactly 1,002, or 11 more than Friday.

A figure to which must be added the deaths recorded in nursing homes on the Riviera: 392 since the start of the pandemic.

Overheating hospital departments

According to the latest figures from the regional health agency (ARS), published this Monday evening, conventional hospitalization units received 43 additional patients during the weekend (377 in total).

With 106 people in intensive care, the initial capacity of these services is greatly exceeded (121.8%) and 90.6% of beds (including those specially released) are occupied.

In addition to three patient transfers organized in recent days in other departments of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, new trips for patients from the Riviera outside the region are being studied.

Are variants the cause of "rejuvenation of hospitalized patients"?

For a few days, Professor Michel Carles, head of the infectious disease department of the CHU de Nice, has noted "an acceleration" in "tension" in hospitals with "patients who are younger".

"The hypothesis formulated is that this is in connection with the arrival of the English variant, which is taking the place of the European strain," says the specialist.

Reputed to be up to 70% more contagious, this variant would now be responsible for more than 50% of contaminations in the Alpes-Maritimes.

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