• Contaminations are skyrocketing in the region, unlike the number of people in intensive care which remains stable.

  • In Pays-de-la-Loire, 44% of the eligible population had their booster dose.

Contamination figures are breaking a new record in the region every week. This Thursday evening, during its weekly update on the Covid-19 epidemic, the Pays-de-la-Loire Regional Health Agency announced that the incidence rate now stands at 2,294 cases. per 100,000 inhabitants, up more than 40% compared to last Thursday. “If a large majority of the population is affected, we could soon see a drop, hopes Jean-Jacques Coiplet, the director of the ARS. But the peak has not yet been reached. Some “170 clusters are under surveillance” (especially in nursing homes), a “colossal” figure.

Reassuring point despite everything, this outbreak of cases still does not seem to have any influence on the healthcare system.

Thursday, 108 people were in one of the intensive care units in the region, a high but stable figure.

In total, more than 700 patients are hospitalized.

"Omicron seems to have a greater impact on conventional hospitalization, unlike the Delta variant which is resistant," comments Jean-Jacques Coiplet.

Although there is still a possibility of an increase, it should be noted that there are only 13 sheave beds available across the region.

Non-Covid patients in intensive care number 147, due to various winter pathologies.

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What about vaccinations

In terms of vaccination, 44% of the eligible population had their booster dose.

“The first injections are increasing a little, as is the vaccination of children between 5 and 11 years old”, indicates the ARS.

Nearly 10,000 little boys and girls received their first dose, or only 2.6% of children.

Around Nantes, two new centers are due to open at the start of next week in Saint-Sébastien and Basse Goulaine.

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