Key points

Epidemiological situation

In week 38, the epidemiological indicators continued to improve in all regions except for French Guiana, where the situation remained very concerning.

• Metropolitan France:

  • Improved epidemiological indicators in all regions

• Overseas France:

  • French Guiana: high incidence rate still on the rise and overburdened hospital services

  • Martinique and Guadeloupe: decreasing incidence and hospitalisation rates

Variants

• Delta variant identified in 99% of sequenced samples in the Flash Surveys on 31 August and 7 September 2021

Contact tracing

• Increase in the proportion of cases previously identified as contacts

Prevention

• On 27 September 2021, according to data from Vaccin Covid, 74.9% of the French population had received at least one vaccine dose, and 72.2% were fully vaccinated

• Importance of combining different measures: vaccination in addition to contact tracing and preventive measures, especially in the current context marked by a lower adherence to preventive measures