Key Points

In Week 37, all epidemiological indicators continued to improve in metropolitan regions. The situation in French Guiana remains very concerning.

• Mainland France:

  • Decrease in epidemiological indicators across all regions

• Overseas territories:

  • French Guiana: high incidence rates and hospital indicators, which are on the rise

  • Martinique and Guadeloupe: incidence rates and hospital indicators are decreasing

Variants

Delta variant identified in over 99% of interpretable sequences during the Flash surveys on August 24 and 31.

Contact tracing

Average number of contacts per case slightly increasing:

• Proportion of cases reporting no contacts again on the decline

• Proportion of those reporting more than five is increasing

Prevention

• Vaccination coverage in France as of September 21: 74.5% for one dose and 71.9% for full vaccination

• CoviPrev survey from August 31 to September 7: increase in signs of anxiety and sleep problems compared to the previous wave

• Importance of combined measures: vaccination without relaxing adherence to contact tracing and barrier measures amid declining adherence to barrier measures

Learn more

• See our report on the Covid-19 pandemic

• Visit our page on variants

• Visit our page on contact tracing

• Visit our page on the CoviPrev survey

• See other national epidemiological updates