Key Points

In Week 7, a slowdown in viral circulation:

• decrease in the incidence rate at the regional level, as well as in all departments and across all age groups

• decrease in the positivity rate across all age groups and in the departments of Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, and Loiret

• nearly all screened tests showed a profile consistent with the Omicron variant (D1) in Week 7

• decrease in new hospitalizations and new admissions to critical care for COVID-19, as well as visits to emergency rooms for suspected COVID-19

• excess mortality from all causes in Eure-et-Loir among those aged 65 and older