This Thursday evening, Olivier Véran announced, as expected, that Toulouse would not go into the maximum alert zone for the moment. On the other hand, the respite could be short-lived for the Pink City, where the number of patients in intensive care worries. A new inventory will be made this weekend, and Toulouse could move into the maximum alert zone from Monday.
Unlike Lyon, Lille, Grenoble or Saint-Étienne, the cities of Toulouse and Montpellier, the two metropolises of Occitania, have not switched to “maximum alert zone” this Thursday, October 8. But the respite may be short-lived. During his now traditional weekly update on the spread of Covid-19 in France, Olivier Véran set for next Monday the deadline by which the two cities could in turn join Paris or Marseille, all in a context of “situation health (which) continues to deteriorate in France “.
“For Toulouse and Montpellier, like what was done for Paris last week, we are giving ourselves a few days of observation to check if the health situation and if the indicators are crossed, a switch to the alert zone maximum could be operated by Monday morning for all of these metropolises, “warned the Minister of Health. Eight days ago, Olivier Véran had already played fair with the Pink City, waving the red rag of new restrictions “if the measures put in place do not produce enough effects”. Obviously, they are still holding up the shock, even if the figures are far from good.
Resuscitation wards fill up too quickly
In detail, and with regard to the three criteria used to classify cities, Toulouse can be satisfied with a declining incidence rate (number of people infected), dropping, in one week, from 260 cases out of 100,000. inhabitants to 225. Ditto with regard to the incidence rate for people over 65 (123 against 140 last week), even if it is the only Toulouse indicator which is still above the maximum alert threshold.
Another black point in the Pink City is the occupancy rate of intensive care beds, which increased significantly from 18% to 27% in seven days, even if this indicator is still below the maximum alert threshold (30% ).
At the regional level, 136 people are in intensive care, according to the latest figures from the Regional Health Agency (ARS), published Tuesday evening.
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