Key Points

In Week 11, all indicators continued to deteriorate, leading to severe strain on hospitals in several regions.

• Significant increase in the number of new cases over the past two weeks

• Increase in the number of patients hospitalized and in critical care units

• A slight upward trend in the number of cases and hospitalizations among people aged 75 and older

• Intensified testing in schools

• COVID-19-related mortality remains high

• Mainland France: marked increase in incidence across all regions (except Corsica and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur)

• Overseas territories: increase in incidence in Martinique and in the number of hospitalizations in Guadeloupe

Variants

• Proportion of suspected variants of interest identified by screening RT-PCR:

  • suspected cases of the 20I/501Y.V1 variant are the majority in mainland France at 76.3%

  • suspected cases of the 20H/501Y.V2 or 20J/501Y.V3 variants remain stable at 4.7%

Prevention

• Vaccination: 6,616,899 people (9.9% vaccination coverage) have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

• Results of the CoviPrev survey from March 15 to 17:

  • downward trend in the adoption of contact-reduction measures

  • mental health remains poor