Covid: the situation continues to deteriorate

Covid: the situation continues to deteriorate

Covid's epidemic continues to flare.The number of new cases has never been so important (18,4900 between January 3 and 7).According to Public Health France, the incidence rate exceeded 2,000 per 100,000 inhabitants, on January 6.A degradation to put on the account of omicron, more and more present on our island.This trend should be confirmed with the publication this evening of the ARS this evening.

This new wave puts the hospital system to the test.At the end of last week, the ARS wanted to take stock of the situation."To date, 139 covid patients are hospitalized in medicine and resuscitation," said the director general of the University Hospital Center (CHU), Lionel Calenge.This is the highest level of occupation of the CHU, in absolute value, since the start of the crisis.Figures that testify to the "very disturbing" situation of the evolution of the pandemic in the territory."We are still in the unknown to know if the situation will lean towards an unfavorable side or if we will manage to contain the evolution of hospitalizations," added, the director of the ARS, Martine Ladoucette.

Faced with this deterioration of the situation, the prefect may have to take new braking measures, more restrictive than the curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 am in force until January 23.Several options are on the table and were mentioned during the last meeting with the mayors of the island.Namely an advanced curfew at 7 p.m. and a new confinement that could be implemented on weekends.Measures that will be discussed again on Wednesday with the elected officials of the island and economic actors.

Covid : La situation continue de se dégrader