At the beginning of the month, the first cases of the Omicron variant were detected in France. Monday, at the end of the day, the regional health agency confirmed that a first case had been identified in Occitanie. “Among all the reports received in recent weeks, the in-depth analysis of risky situations has confirmed by sequencing a first case linked to the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus in Occitanie,” said the health authority.
This is a resident of Haute-Garonne, returning from abroad, who had been invited to remain in isolation as soon as his case had been reported, even before the return of biological analyzes from the laboratory. of virology at the Toulouse University Hospital, which performs the sequencing. His state of health gave no cause for concern.
Incidence rate steadily increasing
According to the first feedback from contact-tracing, this person has not presented any risky contact on French soil since his return. The Scientific Council did not hide that it feared a possible “rapid growth in France” of the Omicron variant of Sars-Cov-2, in particular with the approach of the end-of-year festive meetings. Gabriel Attal, the government spokesperson announced on Tuesday that 133 cases have been detected in France to date.
[#Covid19] With 1 incidence rate which has been changing very rapidly for several weeks, the situation is worsening in #Occitanie
Faced with the very sharp increase in serious Covid cases, @ARS_OC asked healthcare establishments to activate their white plan
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In Occitania, the incidence rate has been constantly and very rapidly changing in recent weeks. It went from 399.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on December 3 to 542.4 cases last Friday, the Hautes-Pyrénées reaching 683.3 cases.