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  • The situation is deteriorating particularly in this part of Maine-et-Loire.

  • The commune of Louroux-Béconnais has an incidence rate of 1,678 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

While the situation is deteriorating everywhere in Pays-de-la-Loire, Haut-Anjou is one of the territories in the sights of the authorities.

In this western area of ​​Maine-et-Loire, the virus figures are "worrying" according to the prefecture.

On Friday, she already warned of a "rapid" degradation with a "record positivity rate" of 16.1% in the territory of Anjou Bleu community, which showed an incidence rate of 447 per 100,000 inhabitants.

This Wednesday, the Regional Health Agency announced the launch of a screening campaign from Thursday in the municipalities of Ombrée-d'Anjou and Val-d'Erdre Auxence.

It must be said that in Louroux-Béconnais (3,000 inhabitants), delegated to the second, the incidence rate soars to reach 1,678 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

In this town located about twenty kilometers west of Angers, the positivity rate is 23%.

The activities of suspended associations

“The analysis of the causes of the rise in positivity in the territory is linked to contamination during convivial moments or family reunions.

We are seeing an increase in positivity in the 15-65 age group ”, indicates the town hall of Val-d'Erdre Auxence.

“All associations have already been asked to suspend their indoor and outdoor activities, aimed at minors and adults, for a minimum of 15 days”.

According to the latest data from Public Health France, the incidence rate is greater than 1,000 in 1,818 municipalities in France (including very small municipalities, where this figure is therefore less significant).

According to the latest ARS report, the incidence rate in Maine-et-Loire is 285 per 100,000 inhabitants.

By way of comparison, it is 263 at the Pays-de-la-Loire scale and 370 at the national level.

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