The Pyrenees, Ariège or the Bouches-du-Rhône, in several French departments, the incidence rates of Covid-19 are on the rise again.

In the middle of summer, contamination occurs mainly in tourist areas and especially between young people under 35, who are less vaccinated. 

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On the front of the epidemic, hospitalizations remain stable.

Public Health France recorded on Wednesday 7,047 people hospitalized for a Covid-19 infection, including 931 in intensive care.

But the threat of the Delta variant still looms, with an incidence - number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants - which rises unevenly according to the territories and the age groups.

More than 8,800 Covid-19 contaminations were recorded in 24 hours, a level that had not been seen since the beginning of June. 

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Several departments light up in red on the map: those whose incidence exceeds the threshold of fifty cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

They are rather located in tourist areas in the south: Pyrenees, Ariège, Hérault, Haute Garonne, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-Maritimes, Corsica ... Calvados and Île-de-France are also concerned.

Young people, more affected by this new wave

And the French people most affected by these new infections are generally under 40 years old.

The incidence exceeds 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 20-30 year olds and progresses very quickly in children and adolescents aged 10 to 19.

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Is this difference due to the lower vaccination coverage of young people?

Today, only 28% of those under 30 are vaccinated with two doses, compared to 75% of those over 65.

The virus therefore circulates much more among them because vaccination divides by twelve the risk of transmission.

Two-thirds of vaccination appointments made by people under 35

But this situation could soon change: according to the Doctolib platform, two-thirds of appointments are currently made by people under 35.

While waiting for this vaccination coverage to strengthen, we can only hope that the maintenance of barrier gestures and the effect of the health pass will be sufficient to break these chains of contamination.

And especially so that they do not gain too quickly the elderly and all unvaccinated people suffering from co-morbidities.