Key points
In week 10, circulation of SARS-CoV-2 increased to a high level across French territories while hospital admissions stabilised.
- Metropolitan France:
- Incidence rate rising in all age groups and regions
- Positivity rate high and rising again
- Numbers of new intensive care admissions and deaths continue to fall
- Incidence rate on the rise and particularly high in Martinique (>3,000/100,000)
Variants
- Omicron accounted for 99.9% of interpretable sequences in the Flash Survey of 28 February for week 9
- BA.2 sub-lineage in majority (57% in week 9)
Contact tracing
- Rise in the number of new contact cases (+25%) and new contacts at risk (+14%)
- Of those contacted, 82% of cases and 84% of contacts were reached by SMS
Prevention
- Vaccination on 15 March 2022 (Vaccin Covid data):
- 79.5% of the French population had completed a primary vaccination series
- 73.0% of the 18+ age group (representing 82.6% of those eligible) and 83.0% of the 65+ age group (91.0% of those eligible) had received a booster shot
- Importance of combining measures: full vaccination series with a booster at 3 months and maintaining recommended precautionary measures (mask wearing, hand washing, frequent ventilation of enclosed spaces and adherence to contact tracing).
