By Morbihan editorial staff
Published on 24 Feb 21 at 20:25
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The health assessment of Covid-19 in Brittany is known for the Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
Where does the virus circulate?
La Bretagne recorded 1,218 positive cases additional during the last 48 hours.
“The incidence rate now stands at 104.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants at the regional level with a positivity rate of 4.2%”, indicates theBrittany Regional Health Agency (ARS).
To see more clearly, we offer you a detailed point of the circulation of the virus and its variants thanks to the tool Geodes of Public Health France (you can click on the scale to see the incidence rate between 10 and 1000):
The incidence rate is on average “204 per 100,000 in France” on the map data updated to February 24, 2021. Brittany is generally below.
In the center of Finistère and Côtes-d’Armor, it is even very low. On the other hand, it is very high in certain areas such as Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux and La-Chapelle-Janson in the 35, near Quistinic and Groix in the 56, Plouigneau and Cléden-Poher in the 29 or even Saint -Igeaux and Éréac in the 22.
As a reminder, the alert threshold is crossed when this rate exceeds 50.
Decrease in hospitalizations
The care of Covid-19 patients athospital in Brittany is as follows:
- 698 hospitalizations in progress (-30), of which 46 (+2) in intensive care unit.
- Since the start of the epidemic: 4 673 hospitalized patients have returned home (+83); 1 117 patients died (+18).
–As of May 4, 2020, 1,797,918 tests PCR were carried out in Brittany, including 73,571 from February 15 to 21, 2021, an increase of 6.5% compared to the previous week.
More than 100 clusters in Brittany
Brittany currently has 111 (+2 in 48 h) epidemic outbreaks (or clusters):
- 20 in the Côtes d’Armor (1 in a crèche, 4 in a professional environment, 5 in a school and university environment, 3 in a health establishment, 2 in an establishment for disabled people, 3 in EHPAD and 2 in the private sphere);
- 14 in Finistère (3 in a professional environment, 2 in a school and university environment, 3 in a health establishment, 1 in an establishment for disabled people, 4 in EHPAD and 1 in the private sphere);
- 48 in Ille-et-Vilaine (9 in a professional environment, 8 in a school and university environment, 7 in a health establishment, 1 in an establishment for disabled people, 18 in EHPAD and 5 in the private sphere);
- 29 in Morbihan (8 in a professional environment, 10 in a school and university environment, 3 in a health establishment, 2 in an establishment for disabled people, 3 in EHPAD and 3 in the private sphere).
Over 60,000 vaccinations
The figures from ARS Bretagne allow us to perceive the dynamics of vaccinations. On the evening of 23 February 2021, 223,452 vaccinations had been carried out (of which 68,427 concerned the 2nd
injection) :
- 48,322 in the Côtes d’Armor (of which 14,296 concern the 2nd injection)
- 61,877 in Finistère (including 20,331 for the 2nd injection)
- 65,359 in Ille-et-Vilaine (of which 22,397 concern the 2nd injection)
- 47,894 in Morbihan including (11,703 concerning the 2nd injection)
The Morbihan is always the last department to vaccinate.
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