Passed orange for two days, the Oise, the first focus of the epidemic in France, finally turned red this Thursday. A situation applied to the entire Hauts-de-France region. The reasons for hope were there for the Oise: a continuous decline in mortality in hospital, a drop in the number of people newly admitted to intensive care…
The government, which considered the situation at regional and not departmental level, considered that the situation was still insufficiently stabilized. Starting with the hospital tension over resuscitation capacities. The priority factor.
Pressure in resuscitation services which remains significant
"The virus continues to circulate with pressure in the intensive care unit which remains significant," notes the Regional Health Agency (ARS). On Wednesday, the 5 departments of the region were still orange in terms of hospital tension.
"This indicator is designed on a regional scale," ruled Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health. "The hospitalizations of patients in intensive care are independent of the departmental origin," recalls the ARS.