A patient transfer (Illustration) -
AFP
Sunday, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes recalled that "12 medical evacuations had carried out these last two weeks".
And faced with the tension that continues in hospitals, these transfers of Covid-19 patients continue to multiply from the department, whose coastal part will be confined again, Saturday and Sunday, for the third weekend in a row.
On Wednesday, Toulouse establishments welcomed four patients from Nice.
Again this Thursday, two evacuations were scheduled from the Côte d'Azur capital to Poitiers,
the departmental delegate of the ARS (Paca) Romain Alexandre
announced at
20 minutes
.
Sheave services 132.2% occupied
“The hospital structures of the department are under extremely strong pressure, which is the consequence of the very high incidence rate experienced by the department two weeks ago.
The occupancy rate of intensive care units is 132.2% ”, specified the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes.
According to the report of the ARS, 120 people are hospitalized there this Thursday.
It's still five more than Wednesday.
State services specify that, if "the incidence rate has been falling for a few days" in the department, "however, it remains at a high level of 484 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, much higher than the national tau", 219 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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