• With 795 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, Hérault is, outside Ile-de-France, one of the metropolitan departments where the incidence rate of Covid-19 is the highest.

  • But this boom does not impact, for the moment, the hospital tension, in Montpellier.

  • “In town, yes, there are a lot of cases, confirms Jacques Reynes, head of the infectious diseases department.

    But there is no explosion at the hospital level.

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Hérault is, outside of Ile-de-France, one of the metropolitan departments where the incidence rate of Covid-19 is the highest: 795 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last seven days, June 24, according to the latest figures available on Tuesday.

With 876 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, only Haute-Garonne is above.

In the Hérault, this indicator has continued to increase since May 26, when it was 165.

But, for the moment, this probable seventh wave of coronavirus does not seem to have an impact on hospital tension.

At the Montpellier University Hospital, according to figures communicated by the establishment to

20 Minutes,

13 patients are hospitalized this Tuesday for cases of Covid-19, including 4 in critical care.

By way of comparison, on June 20, 13 were hospitalized in the establishment, including 3 in critical care.

“Fewer complicated respiratory forms”

“In town, yes, there are a lot of cases, confirms Jacques Reynes, head of the infectious diseases department at the Montpellier University Hospital.

But there is no explosion at the hospital level ”.

According to the professor, there seem to be “fewer complicated respiratory forms.

People are sick, sometimes have flu-like symptoms, but this does not justify hospitalization.

“However, “the spread of the epidemic”, which is once again gaining momentum, remains worrying, continues Jacques Reynes.

On June 23, the Montpellier epidemiologist Mircea T. Sofonea, interviewed by

20 Minutes,

called for "questioning the lightness that we have given ourselves, collectively, in recent months".

“You have to pull yourself together, he cursed.

At least in the interactions we have.

Reinforce your vigilance.

Have recourse to regular self-tests, to a reactive isolation process.

Do not wait for the symptoms to be significant, to warn those around you, and limit your contacts.

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