Key Points

• Decrease in COVID-19-related visits to primary care, SOS Médecins, and hospital emergency departments, reflecting a decline in new infections

• Decrease in new hospitalizations and new ICU admissions of COVID-19 patients

• Stabilization of the number of hospitalized patients at a high level and the beginning of a decline in the number of patients in intensive care

  • ICU: at least 67% of cases have comorbidities and 50% are aged 65 and older

  • Deaths: 84% with comorbidities and 92% aged 65 and older

• Excess mortality from all causes at the national level and in the Grand Est, Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Centre-Val-de-Loire regions

ERRATUM - Following an incident involving data reporting from a "Child Welfare" facility that was subject to a post-publication verification, Table 1 on page 6 of the epidemiological update dated 04/16/20 has been corrected and updated. To date, no deaths have been reported by any child welfare agency.
We sincerely apologize for this error. Analyzing the causes allows us to continuously improve our data reporting system.