162 positive cases, 70 admissions and 1 death resume the Covid situation for this Tuesday 22 February in Mauritius. Rodrigues, who is in preparation for the Regional Elections, registers 205 new cases and 2 deaths at Mont-Lubin treatment Centre.
The rate of contamination remains fluctuating. The New ENT Hospital has admitted 2 new patients while 3 patients have been discharged. In the regional hospitals, the admission rate is 68. It should be noted that 43 people have been discharged from the Covid ward. The death of a 60-year-old patient was recorded. She was doubly vaccinated but was on respiratory assistance and suffered from comorbidities. As of Monday 21 February, an 83-year-old patient from Cité Martial, has been declared dead from Covid 19.
Vaccination is progressing with 996, 840 primo vaccinated, 958,778 double vaccinated and 464,942 fully vaccinated, according to the new regulations.
The rate remains high in Rodrigues with 205 cases reported in the last 24 hours. The deaths of 2 positive patients, admitted to the Mont-Lubin treatment centre, have been reported. These deaths are linked to Covid 19, namely a 61-year-old woman, who was not vaccinated and a 91-year-old man, who was vaccinated with Janssen but suffered from comorbidities.
Rodrigues under an electoral atmosphere
The Covid 19 news is rather taken by storm by the maintenance of the Regional Elections for this Sunday 27 February, a date postponed from February 13 for cause of increase of cases of contamination. A delegation will go to the 10th district on Thursday, which will be composed of the Electoral Commissioner, Irfan Rahman, 6 Returning Officers and about 40 officers and policemen, including elements of the SSU and SMF, to secure the ballot boxes that will be transported on the same day, Sunday 27 February. There are 31,450 voters on the island. Arrangements are being made to ensure that the voting centres are as secure as possible and that the elections in the six regions of the island are conducted under strict barrier measures, including masks, the use of hand sanitisers, physical distancing and the prohibition of gatherings at the time of voting results. These special arrangements will be in the main polling stations, namely at Mon Lubin, Grande Montagne, La Ferme, Marechal College, Antoinette Prudence Family Roman Catholic Aided School and Le Choux Collège. The aim is not to give way to unpleasant situations that can arise during elections but above all, not to further contaminate the population.
