March 29, 2022

Unsurprisingly, the Covid-19 virus is circulating faster and faster in Mayenne. The incidence rate is this Tuesday, March 29 from 1,459 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants once morest 1284 last Friday, the highest figure in the Pays de la Loire region explains the ARS.

59 patients infected with the coronavirus are currently hospitalized including 4 in intensive care. 508 people have died from Covid-19 in the department since the start of the health crisis in March 2020

Moreover, according to the ARS, 82% of the Loire population, eligible for the vaccine, has a complete vaccination schedule, which is more than the national average.

►► The region’s health authorities recall two measures of its anti-Covid strategy

• Test/alert and protect, to break the chains of interpersonal transmission (preventively and/or in response, if territory, cluster or place at risk)

• Prevent (respect and enforce barrier gestures): wear a mask when it is compulsory and in risky situations, ventilate each room for 10 minutes every hour, wash your hands regularly, greet without shaking hands and avoid kissing, coughing or sneezing into your elbow, blowing your nose in a single-use handkerchief and taking care, in particular of the most vulnerable, elderly people, and/or people living with a disability and/or precarious conditions, and/or with comorbidities