Key points

In week 27, the increase in incidence of COVID-19 slowed down but remained at a very high level with a marked increase in hospital admissions and deaths.

• Metropolitan France :

  • Continued increase in incidence rate in all regions

  • Hospital indicators and deaths on the rise

  • Greater increase in incidence and hospital admission rates among people aged 90+ years.

• Overseas France :

  • Virological indicators stable at very high levels in Guadeloupe

  • Incidence rate continues to rise in Reunion Island

  • pidemic resurgence in Mayotte with a moderate incidence.

Variants

• Continued increase in the proportion of Omicron sub-lineage BA.5 in the week 26 Flash Survey (27 June).

Prevention

• Vaccination on 11 July 2022* (Vaccin Covid data) :

  • Vaccination coverage for the booster shot stable at 74.9% in the population aged 18+ years and 84.8% in the 65+ age group.

  • Only 28.5% of 60-79 year-olds and 37.1% of 80+ year-olds eligible for the second booster shot had received it.

• In the context of the summer holidays and activities conducive to increased transmission of the virus, compliance with the combined measures remains essential to protect the most vulnerable populations. The following precautions are particularly vital :

  • self-isolation in case of symptoms and a positive test for COVID-19

  • application of protective measures, including wearing a mask (around vulnerable people and in enclosed spaces favourable to transmission, especially public transport and large gatherings), and hand washing. In this period of persistent hot weather protection against high temperatures must be a priority. Ventilation of enclosed spaces should ^{be limited to the cooler hours of the day.}

^{*Due to the update of reference values on 07/07/2022, estimates of vaccination coverage have been corrected. The history of vaccination coverage using the updated baseline is available on Geodes}