The incidence rate of Covid-19, which exceeded 70 per 100,000 inhabitants in the Sarthe, should not drop for several weeks, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) stressed on Friday August 21 during a conference of hurry.
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After the start of the first massive screening campaigns, “ it takes at least three weeks to see a decrease in the evolution of the incidence of positive cases. And from four weeks on, we can really see a drop in the evolution of the incidence, ”said Stephan Domingo, regional director of Pays de la Loire, drawing on the example of the neighboring department of Mayenne. .
In Sarthe, the incidence rate of Covid-19 " exceeds 70 cases per 100,000 inhabitants " while the positivity rate for tests reached 4.7% (against 3.3% nationally), according to him. " Today, we are at 60 contaminations per day, where at the beginning of July we were at three contaminations on average per day in Sarthe ", underlined Mr. Domingo.
He indicated that " in 6 cases out of 10 ", people " who activate the circulation of the virus " were asymptomatic, aged under 45 years and that they did not respect barrier gestures. " If we do not interrupt the chains of contamination, these people will inevitably contaminate fragile people ," said the regional director of the ARS.
Wearing a mask at Le Mans
The free and walk-in screenings currently carried out in Sablé-sur-Sarthe and Le Mans should continue until the beginning of September.
The day before, the prefecture had announced that wearing a mask would be made compulsory in the public space in the urban community of Le Mans Métropole, in the community of municipalities of Sablé-sur-Sarthe, as well as in neighboring municipalities as of August 22 at 8:00 a.m.
This obligation concerns 41 municipalities and 260,000 inhabitants, said Thierry Baron, secretary general of the prefecture. " At this point ", the 24 Hours Motorcycles, scheduled for August 29 and 30, will take place " behind closed doors ", he added.
