Key points

Epidemiological situation

In week 36, all the epidemiological indicators continued to decrease in metropolitan France. The situation improved in Martinique and Guadeloupe but remained serious in French Guiana.

• Metropolitan France:

  • Highest incidence and hospitalisation rates in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Corsica, Occitanie, and Ile-de-France

• Overseas France:

  • Guadeloupe and Martinique: very high incidence and hospitalisation rate but on the decline

  • French Guiana: high but stable incidence rate as well as high hospital indicators on the rise

Variants

• Delta variant identified in 99% of sequenced samples in the Flash Surveys on 17 and 24 August 2021

Contact tracing

• Low number of contacts reported per case, indicating the incomplete identification of contacts by cases

Prevention

• Vaccination coverage on 14 September: 73.9% with at least one dose and 70.0% fully vaccinated

• CoviPrev Survey from 31 August to 7 September:

  • Decrease in the use of preventive measures since late June

  • Vaccination intentions still on the rise

• Importance of combining different measures: vaccination in addition to contact tracing and preventive measures