The vaccination center of the Palais des Sports de Gerland (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP)
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The progression of the 5th wave of covid-19 in France is “dazzling” according to government spokesman Gabriel Attal. In the Rhône, the number of new cases has doubled in one week.
“This 5th wave, it starts dazzlingly“, warned Gabriel Attal, the spokesman of the government, Sunday on Europe 1, explaining that there are” elements which can worry us and elements which can make us confident “.
“We see that there is a very strong increase in contamination, but we also know that in France, we have a very wide vaccination coverage (and) we are rather ahead of our neighbors on the vaccination booster.“, he added.
The incidence rate above 200 in the Rhône
The circulation of the virus at time t in a territory is measured by the incidence rate. It is a key indicator. The incidence rate determines the number of positive cases over the last 7 days per 100,000 inhabitants. On a slippery week. It is a very good way to measure the degree of circulation of the virus, at an instant t, on a territory.
In the Rhône department, according to the latest figures stabilized on Thursday, November 18, the incidence rate is 210 (the data therefore takes into account the period between Friday, November 12 and Thursday, November 18). This rate was 104 on November 10 and 63 on November 3. The number of new cases has doubled in one week. As shown in the graph below.
In Ardèche, the number of new cases is exploding
The number of new cases is also exploding in Ardèche, with an incidence rate of 357, the French department where the virus is currently circulating the most. He was “only” 172 a week ago in this department.
We see it in the graph below, the rise of the curve of the department of Ardèche (compared to the French average).
Nearly 95% of people over 12 are vaccinated in the Rhône
For the moment, this increase in cases is not accompanied by a significant increase in the number of admissions to hospitals in the Rhône, the vaccine protecting very well against severe forms of the disease. However, in the Rhône department, nearly 95% of people over 12 are vaccinated. Lyon Capital offers you a graphic on vaccination in the Rhône here.
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