Key points

Epidemiological situation

In week 38, epidemiological indicators continued to improve in all regions except French Guiana, where the situation remained very concerning.

• Metropolitan France:

  • Improved epidemiological indicators in all regions

• Overseas France:

  • French Guiana: high incidence rate still rising and hospital services overwhelmed

  • Martinique and Guadeloupe: declining incidence and hospitalization rates

Variants

• Delta variant identified in 99% of sequenced samples in the Flash Surveys on August 31 and September 7, 2021

Contact tracing

• Increase in the proportion of cases previously identified as contacts

Prevention

• On September 27, 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 lower adherence to preventive measures