sharp rise in contamination, the point this Tuesday in Lyon and in the Rhône (graph)
The vaccination center of the Palais des Sports de Gerland (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP)
The number of new cases continues to increase in the Rhône. Much above the national average.
The number of new cases of covid-19 has increased markedly in the Rhône over the past 15 days.
The circulation of the virus at time t in a territory is measured by the incidence rate. It is a key indicator. The incidence rate determines the number of positive cases over the last 7 days per 100,000 inhabitants. On a brilliant week. It is a very good way to measure the degree of circulation of the virus, at an instant t, on a territory.
The number of new cases has quadrupled in two weeks in the Rhône
In the Rhône department, according to the latest figures stabilized on Thursday, November 26, the incidence rate is 421 (the data therefore takes into account the period between Saturday, November 20 and Friday, November 26). That rate was 210 on November 18 a week ago and … 94 on November 8 two weeks ago. The number of new cases has more than quadrupled in two weeks. As shown in the graph below.
Jean-Yves Grall, director of ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, gave a full update on Wednesday November 24 on the situation of the epidemic in Lyon and in the region in Lyon Capital. “Contaminations are increasing but the real justice of the peace is the number of hospitalizations and especially resuscitations, so serious cases“, he explains.” The virus is circulating again extensively in the region, above the national average. The consequence in hospitals is still moderate – there is obviously no saturation – but it is to be watched“, he detailed in Lyon Capital.
A full interview to find here.