After having often been, for two years, the department most affected by the Covid epidemic in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, the Rhône is now the department where the virus circulates the least. With 590 cases/100,000 inhabitants, over the week of February 11 to 19, the incidence rate reached its level of early December, while the regional incidence rate was still 806 cases/100,000. remain high: 24.4% in the region and 19% in the Rhône.
The department, where the virus circulates the least
The number of hospitalized patients also continues to decrease steadily with 754 Covid + patients hospitalized on February 22, including 103 in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours, 57 new patients have been admitted, including 10 in intensive care.
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The human toll remains heavy
At the Hospices Civils de Lyon, the drop is spectacular, then in one week, the number of Covid + patients fell from 492 to 362, with 230 hospitalizations in medicine (-117), 40 in intensive care (-10) – these services are still occupied for a third by Covid + – patients, 10 in continuous/intensive care (-4) and 82 in follow-up care and rehabilitation (-1).
The human toll remains heavy with 3,955 Covid + patients who have died since 1is March 2022, including 11 in the past 24 hours.
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