Key points
In week 3, circulation of SARS-CoV-2 continued to progress at a very high level. The heavy strain on hospital services is increasing but the pressure on intensive care units is easing.
- Metropolitan France:
- Incidence rates very high (>2,500) and rising in all regions except Île-de-France
- In Île-de-France: situation starting to improve, virological and hospital indicators remain at high levels
- Increase in death rate affecting mainly adults aged 60+ in all regions
- Overseas France:
- In Reunion Island, incidence and hospital admission rates increasing and at much higher levels than those of previous waves
- Situation improved in Mayotte and French Guiana
Contact tracing
- 4-point increase in contaminations that may have taken place in long-term care facilities (including nursing homes) among people aged 75+, leading to heightened vigilance in these settings
Prevention
- Vaccination on 25 January 2022 (Vaccin Covid data):
- 78.3% of the French population had received a complete primary vaccination series
- 64.7% of the 18+ age group (representing 75.4% of those eligible) and 80.4% of the 65+ age group (88.9% of those eligible) had received a booster shot
- Importance of combining measures:
- Complete vaccination series with a booster at 3 months
- Compliance with preventive measures including wearing a mask and reducing contacts, along with other precautionary recommendations such as frequent ventilation of enclosed spaces, working from home and adherence to contact tracing
