The virus withdraws Upper Garonne. At the beginning of September, the figures started to rise again for the start of the school year. Two months later, the epidemiological data of COVID-19 they seem to calm down. In the last week of October, the spread of the virus in the ward continues to decrease. The incidence rate is 241 cases per 100,000 population over seven days until Saturday, October 29, 2022 according to Covid tracker. A week earlier, this was 392.
Note that the incidence rate of Upper Garonne it remains below the national average which was this Saturday, October 29, of 309 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. By contrast, the figures are still well above the alert threshold set at 50 cases.
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The number of new cases is decreasing
The spread of the virus continues to slow down, especially on the side of the new positive statements in the Haute-Garonne. According to Covid tracker, the positivity rate is 23% on Saturday 29 October. It was 24.3% the previous week. We remind you that this epidemiological indicator represents the percentage of positive tests on all the tests carried out.
According to government data, the average number of new cases confirmed daily in Haute-Garonne is 527 compared to 812 seven days earlier. Another important piece of information, the L452R mutation, more commonly called variants Omicron BA.4 and BA.5would be the most common mutation within contaminations at 89.05%.
A slight increase in hospitalizations
If all indicators are falling, the same is not true for the hospitalizations. Covid tracker registers a hospital tension of 7% as in the previous weeks in Upper Garonne. The government website, on the other hand, reveals a slight increase in hospitalizations. As of Monday, October 31, 215 people were hospitalized, including 20 in intensive care. They were 201 and 14 ICU patients last week. On average, the hospital records one death per day for the past seven days.
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