• The incidence rate in the Alpes-Maritimes amounts to 126 positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

  • Even though there are fewer screenings, the positivity rate also drops.

    It amounts to 4.1%.

  • Almost 30% of the population of the Alpes-Maritimes has received at least one dose of anticovid vaccine.

In the aftermath of the first stage of deconfinement, the Alpes-Maritimes show a rather optimistic path on the evolution of Covid-19.

The circulation of the virus seems to be gradually decreasing with an incidence rate of 126 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants according to the Covidtracker site which updates its data daily.

A number that had not been observed in the department since October 2020. In early April, it still stood at 417.

In Nice more particularly, for a long time at the top of the most affected metropolises, the rate has fallen to 133 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants.

The metropolis is now the last in the ranking in France.

At the end of February, the incidence rate broke records at 800.

The Regional Health Agency (ARS) Paca nevertheless underlines in its last report, a decrease "of screenings which can lead to this decrease in the incidence rate".

Between April 19 and 25, 36,612 people were tested.

But the positivity rate, the percentage of positive cases in relation to the number of tests, is also falling.

It stood at 4.1% Monday night.

A month ago, it was 6.6% in the department.

A still tense situation in hospitals

"Hospital tensions are still worrying with a number of people hospitalized in critical care still higher than the peak observed in November 2020", reports the ARS. Currently, 458 people affected by the coronavirus are hospitalized in the department, 74 are in intensive care, bringing to 83% the percentage of beds occupied in intensive care by Covid-19 patients.

Regarding vaccination, 29.65% of Maralpins received their first dose, or 325,383 people.

Some towns in the department have also expanded their vaccination campaign.

Cannes residents and private professionals working in Cannes, aged 40 and over without comorbidity, can make an appointment to be vaccinated.

The Nice metropolis, for its part, opened vaccination to people registered on the platform set up in December, for Saturdays 1 and 8 May, on the sole condition that they are over 18 years old, without any co-morbidity. is required.

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