Key Points

In Week 07, SARS-CoV-2 transmission indicators continued to improve, as did COVID-19 mortality indicators, although all indicators remained at a high level.

• Mainland France:

  • Incidence rates and positivity rates declining across all age groups and regions

  • Decrease in hospital admissions across all regions except Corsica, where they remained stable

  • Mortality remains high with more than 1,500 deaths per week, but is decreasing

  Overseas territories:

  • Virological indicators and hospitalizations are declining but remain high in Réunion

Contact tracing

• Sharper decline in the number of new cases (-40%) than in the number of at-risk contacts (-14%)

• Decrease in the proportion of contacts who become cases (13%, -4 percentage points)

Variants

• Omicron accounted for 99.5% of interpretable sequences in the Flash S06 survey of 02/07/2022

• BA.2 sublineage on the rise (16% in S06, 10% in S05 vs. 5% in S04)

Prevention

• Vaccination as of February 22, 2022 (Covid Vaccine data):

  • 79.2% of the total population had received a full primary vaccination series

  • 71.9% of those aged 18 and older had received a booster dose (82.1% of eligible individuals) and 82.6% of those aged 65 and older (90.9% of eligible individuals)

• Importance of combined measures:

  • Complete vaccination schedule with a booster shot as early as three months

  • Adherence to preventive measures, including mask-wearing and reducing contact, as well as other recommended measures such as frequent ventilation of enclosed spaces, teleworking, and participation in contact tracing

Learn more

• See our report on the COVID-19 pandemic

• Visit our page on variants

• Visit our page on contact tracing

• View all national epidemiological updates