“We have had 13,000 new cases over the past three days, while we had risen to 50,000 new cases over three days in the previous weeks, the peak of contamination seems behind us.” While the government announced on Friday that the mask will no longer be compulsory in places subject to the vaccination pass from February 28the director of the cabinet of the ARS Bretagne gives on France Bleu the good figures of the epidemic in the region.
School holidays have slowed the circulation of the virus
This decrease in the incidence rate is particularly observed in children under 11 years of agewhich demonstrates that the school holidays had a beneficial effect on the circulation of the virus. “Historically, for all the waves we have known, we have always seen a slight rebound at the start of the school year. But we rose so high in contamination before the holidays that it will slow the decline rather than cause a jump”analyzes Anne-Briac Bili.
The incidence rate fell at the same rate over the week in the four Breton departments. “The drop is very, very even. Besides, the regional rate is also similar to the national rate.” Finistère is slightly ahead with 2,117 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Morbihan (2,076), Ille-et-Vilaine (2,027) and Côtes-d’Armor (1,990).
However, the peak of hospitalizations has not yet been reached. “We have 634 patients hospitalized for Covid today in the region, including 69 in intensive care. What we are seeing is a drop in any case in patients admitted to intensive care, but with still significant activity.
Only 7% of children have started their vaccination
Vaccination keeps “a very good dynamic”, Brittany remains the leading region in terms of vaccination coverage, with two million injections. But the vaccination of 5-11 year olds remains very slow: only 7% of children have started their vaccination schedule, which could be explained by the high contamination with the Omicron wave. “35% of children aged 5-11 were infected by this Omicron wave.” 32 vaccination centers are open with 7,000 slots available.