• In Pays-de-la-Loire, three quarters of infected people are affected by the Delta variant.

  • The incidence rate rose to 30 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

While it is now the majority in France, the Delta variant is progressing even more rapidly in Pays-de-la-Loire. According to the latest figures communicated by the Regional Health Agency, it now represents 75% of positive cases. It is in Vendée where the variant is most widespread (87%). In Maine-et-Loire (76%) and Loire-Atlantique (73%) too, it is taking up more and more space. “These are essentially isolated cases,” explains Nicolas Durand, deputy director of the ARS. Despite a few clusters, such as one identified after an evening in a bar in Sables-d'Olonne and the other after a wedding on the outskirts of Angers. "

The growth of this variant, described as much more contagious, has increased the indicators in recent days, especially on the coast and among 18-45 year olds.

In the region, the incidence rate is 30 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 18.5 last Friday.

“The R [that is to say the reproduction rate of the virus], shows an extremely rapid viral circulation, adds Jean-Jacques Coiplet, director of the ARS.

It is 1.79 in our region, against 1.55 nationally.

However, hospitalizations remain at a low level (134 including 25 in intensive care).

Half of adults received both doses

The authorities are betting on vaccination to try to reverse the curve, while a "plateau" in the matter had been reached in recent days.

This Tuesday, half of adults over 18 had received their two doses of vaccine in Pays-de-la-Loire.

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Faced with the strong demand recorded on Tuesday, the day after President Macron's announcements, the ARS ensures that new slots will be regularly opened in the vaccination centers in the region, and that there will be "no problem of doses ”.

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