The new form of Covid-19 is highly contagious, with 7,924 cases recorded between May 30 and June 5, 2022 in Martinique.
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Posted on June 7, 2022 at 4:35 PM , Updated on June 7, 2022 at 5:28 PM.
The Regional Health Agency will publish the figures for the Covid-19 epidemic in Martinique on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 for the week from May 30 to June 5, 2022. The indicators are still rising for the seventh consecutive week.
7924 New positive cases are registered on 21971 to test During this period, compared to 5,344 cases in the previous week.
The total number since the start of the epidemic in Martinique is 182.791 matter.
Positive rate : 36.1% (above 10.0% alarm threshold)
incidence (per 100,000 inhabitants): 2,209
35 people were taken to hospital Of which 4 in intensive care. Last week they were 29.
943 dead It has been reported by CHUM (Center Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique) since the start of the epidemic compared to 941 in the previous week.
vaccination
143,557 people (45.4% of the population) had a full vaccination schedule.
What happens for a few days in Martinique? The current alternative is Omicron. According to scientists, it is less dangerous and less virulent than the delta variant that was so dramatic in Martinique in 2021. On the other hand, it is more easily transferred.
After the carnival, we had a major epidemic peak before the decline, and since a few weeks we are increasing again. The threshold, family or festive gatherings were lifted. All this helps to speed up the transmission of the virus. And in the Omicron variant there are subtypes… Subtype B A5 settles in Martinique. It is he who moves more easily than the first. This combination may explain the current rise in the epidemic in Martinique. (…]We have an impact in the hospital. We see the arrival of vulnerable people, especially people over 75, people with chronic diseases.
André Cabié, infection scientist at CHUM
The epidemic is still progressing in Martinique, while the opposite is the case with our neighbors in Guadeloupe or Guyana, for example. †We have no clear data on this. It is possible that the B subtype has reached A5 Martinique and we know that in other countries of the world the arrival of this subtype has greatly increased the epidemic… Studies are underway. categories, André Capet confirms.
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