COVID-19: epidemiological update. Weekly report. Week 38. 30 September 2021.

Publié le 1 octobre 2021
Mis à jour le 1 octobre 2021

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