Key points

Epidemiological situation

In week 39, all indicators continued to improve nationwide, although the situation remained concerning in French Guiana:

• Metropolitan France:

  • Improvement in epidemiological indicators across most of mainland France, with some regional variations

• Overseas France:

  • French Guiana: high incidence rate and overburdened hospital services

  • Martinique and Guadeloupe: falling incidence and hospitalization rates

Variants

• Delta variant identified in 99% of sequenced samples in Flash Surveys on September 7 and 14, 2021

Contact tracing

• Significant regional disparities, with the identification of transmission chains varying by region

Prevention

• On October 5, 2021, according to data from Vaccin Covid, 75.2% of the French population had received at least one vaccine dose, and 72.9% were fully vaccinated.

• Importance of combining different measures: vaccination in addition to contact tracing and preventive measures, especially in the current context marked by reduced adherence to preventive measures