Key points
In week 12, circulation of SARS-CoV-2 intensified throughout the area, with a rise in new hospital admissions.
- Metropolitan France:
- Incidence rate up in all age groups for the third consecutive week
- Incidence rate >1,000/100,000 in all regions
- Positivity rate remains very high and increasing
- Admission to intensive care is up slightly
- Overseas France:
- Incidence rate high and rising in Reunion Island (>1,000)
- Incidence rate high but dropping in Martinique (>1,000)
- Repeat infections: 5.4% of all confirmed cases in week 11
Variants
- Omicron accounted for over 99.9% of interpretable sequences in the Flash Survey of 14 March for week 11
- BA.2 sub-lineage in majority (84% in week 11)
Prevention
- Vaccination on 28 March 2022 (Vaccin Covid data):
- 79.5% of the French population had completed a primary vaccination series
- 73.2% of the 18+ age group and 83.2% of the 65+ age group had received a booster shot
- Need for a complete vaccination series with the booster, including a second booster for those eligible, namely those aged 80 and over, residents of a nursing homes and long-term care facilities and immuno-compromised individuals
- With significant growth in circulation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza:
- Importance of maintaining individual precautionary measures, including wearing a mask, especially in closed areas or in the presence of vulnerable people, washing hands and frequent ventilation of enclosed spaces
