Covid-19 contaminations continue toto augment in the Pays de la Loire region according to the latest data published this Tuesday evening by the Regional Health Agency (ARS). The regional incidence rate is 81 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, it is 57 on average for metropolitan France. The test positivity rate is also higher in the region than in the rest of the country. By department, it is in the Maine-et-Loire that the contaminations are the most important, the rate reaches 103 per 100,000 inhabitants against 95 for Vendée, 73 for Sarthe, 73 for Loire-Atlantique and 32 for Mayenne.
Strong increase among those over 65
Within a week, the incidence rate dropped worsen among those over 65. In Vendée, it went from 185 to 199 per 100,000 inhabitants. He was at 26 at the start of October. This acceleration of contamination has no noticeable effect on hospital activity. No intensive care unit is in tension in the region even if the number of beds occupied by patients with covid-19 is increasing.
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