Key points

Epidemiological situation

In week 36, all epidemiological indicators continued to decline in metropolitan France. The situation improved in Martinique and Guadeloupe but remained serious in French Guiana.

• Metropolitan France:

  • Highest incidence and hospitalization rates in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Corsica, Occitanie, and Île-de-France

• Overseas France:

  • Guadeloupe and Martinique: very high incidence and hospitalization rates, but on the decline

  • French Guiana: high but stable incidence rate, as well as high hospitalization rates on the rise

Variants

• Delta variant identified in 99% of sequenced samples in the Flash Surveys on August 17 and 24, 2021

Contact tracing

• Low number of contacts reported per case, indicating incomplete identification of contacts

Prevention

• Vaccination coverage as of September 14: 73.9% with at least one dose and 70.0% fully vaccinated

• CoviPrev Survey from August 31 to September 7:

  • Decrease in the use of preventive measures since late June

  • Intentions to get vaccinated continue to rise

• Importance of combining different measures: vaccination in addition to contact tracing and preventive measures