Key Points

COVID-19

• The number of new SARS-CoV-2 cases continues to decline, but testing rates remain low.

• Incidence rate remains high ahead of the start of the school year and the resumption of social and professional activities

• The incidence rate is equivalent to that of the same period last year, despite testing rates being six times lower and the positivity rate being seven times higher, which calls for vigilance.

• Stable trend in vaccination coverage among the most vulnerable (over 60) eligible for the second booster.

Mortality

• In week 33, subject to consolidation of the most recent data, all-cause mortality across all age groups was decreasing at the regional level; the number of deaths is once again within the fluctuation ranges typically expected at this time of year.

Monkeypox

• 170 confirmed cases of monkeypox had been reported in the Hauts-de-France region as of 08/29/22,