The epidemic resumption which affects the east of Europe is gaining more and more France.
The last weekly update on the Covid-19 from Public Health France confirms this rebound, which is starting to be felt in the hospital.
Nationwide, "5,276 cases were diagnosed per day" on average last week (that of October 18) compared to 4,713 the week before.
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“At the national level, the incidence rate
(proportion of new cases within the population)
was again on the increase (+ 14%)” for the week concerned, during which it amounted to 55 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, that is to say more than the alert threshold of 50. This threshold is also exceeded “in 44 metropolitan departments” and is “increasing or stable in all regions”.
In the week of October 18, it “reached 73 per 100,000 inhabitants in Pays de la Loire (+ 52%) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (+ 1%), and 71 in Île-de-France (- 0.2%) ”.
Increase in hospitalizations
In addition, "the number of new hospitalizations increased slightly (1,281, + 2%), with a higher increase in new admissions to critical care (346, + 12%)".
Currently, some 6,500 Covid patients are hospitalized, including just over 1,000 in critical care, reserved for the most serious cases.
"In mainland France, the rates of new hospitalizations and admissions in critical care (are) increasing or stable in all regions", according to Public Health France.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Île-de-France and Pays de la Loire have the highest rates.
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In this context of increase, "it is essential to encourage the vaccination of people not vaccinated against Covid as well as the administration of the booster to those 65 years and over eligible, and to maintain adherence to barrier gestures at a high level », Insists the health agency.
Despite these increases, the government hopes that the vaccination, which protects against serious forms, will prevent overcrowding of hospitals while nearly three quarters of the French population are fully vaccinated.
