The Occitanie Regional Health Agency issued a new update on the covid-19 pandemic on Thursday, and mentions “an extremely powerful wave“. The peak of the fifth wave does not appear to be reached in the region yet. In the Gard, the incidence rate is now 760 cases per 100,000 inhabitants; this is the highest rate in the region.
In Lozère, the incidence rate is 306 / 100,000 inhabitants.
“Vaccination has reached historic levels”, Pierre Ricordeau, director general of ARS Occitanie
ARS confirms a single case of the new Omicron variant in the Occitanie region. Several other cases, 300 in total, are also under surveillance.
The entire regional hospital system goes to level 4 of the healthcare offer, the highest level. This means more deprogramming and a general mobilization of human resources to cope with the strong influx of patients.