in schools, a drop in contamination after the winter holidays
While Côte-d’Oriens students returned to school on Monday February 28, one might have feared an increase in positive Covid-19 cases, in a context where the indicators seem to be on the rise again across the country. national, while the Côte-d’Or and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region are, for the time being, relatively spared even if the figures seem to draw a plateau.
However, according to data from the Dijon academy stopped on Thursday March 10 at 1 p.m., no school structure is closed for the time being due to the epidemic. Of the 6647 classes (1st degree) of the academy, only two are closed. They take place in the department of Nièvre.
669 students tested positive
As for contamination, 669 students (0.25%) have tested positive over the last seven days in the first and second degrees: 234 in Côte-d’Or, 249 in Saône-et-Loire, 120 in Nièvre and 66 in Yonne. 25 staff tested positive over the same period, i.e. 0.09%.
Figures far removed from those noted a month ago, on February 11, before the winter holidays: on this date, 5,538 students and 184 staff had tested positive over one week. 151 classes were then closed in the academy.