Key Points

In Week 10, SARS-CoV-2 transmission rose to high levels across the country, while new hospitalizations stabilized

• Mainland France:

  • Incidence rates rising across all age groups and regions

  • High positivity rate, rising again

  • Number of new critical care admissions and deaths continues to decline

  Overseas territories:

  • Incidence rates are rising and are particularly high in Martinique (>3,000/100,000)

Variants

• Omicron accounted for more than 99.9% of interpretable sequences in the Flash S09 survey of 02/28

• BA.2 sublineage predominant (57% in S09)

Contact tracing

• Increase in the number of new cases (+25%) and new at-risk contacts (+14%)

• Among those contacted, 82% of cases and 84% of contacts were reached via text message

Prevention

• Vaccination as of March 15, 2022 (Covid Vaccine data):

  • 79.5% of the total population had received a full primary vaccination series

  • 73.0% of those aged 18 and older had received a booster dose (82.6% of eligible individuals) and 83.0%

• Importance of combined measures: a complete vaccination schedule including a booster shot as early as three months after the initial series, as well as continued adherence to preventive measures (wearing masks, handwashing, frequent ventilation of enclosed spaces) and participation in contact tracing

Learn more

• See our report on the COVID-19 pandemic

• Visit our page on variants

• Visit our page on contact tracing

• View all national epidemiological updates