Key Points

In week 44, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 accelerated in mainland France, with a sharp increase in the incidence rate*.

• Mainland France:

  • Incidence rate* rising across all age groups

  • Incidence rate* rising in all regions and exceeding 100 per 100,000 inhabitants in 21 departments

  • Effective reproduction number (R_e) >1 and rising, indicating an acceleration in the spread of the epidemic

  • New hospitalizations and critical care admissions are rising or stable in most regions

• Overseas territories:

  • Réunion: high incidence rate* and rising sharply

Variants

• 100% of cases identified as the Delta variant via sequencing during the Flash surveys on October 12 and 19, 2021

Contact tracing

• Among cases, the time between the first clinical symptoms and diagnostic testing has been increasing for several weeks

• Decrease in the proportion of people aged 65 and older among cases and contacts

Prevention

• Vaccination as of November 9, 2021 (Covid Vaccine data):

  • 76.6% of the population had received at least one dose, and 75.0% were fully vaccinated

  • 24.2% of those aged 65 and older had received a booster dose

• Importance of combined measures: vaccination, including booster shots for those aged 65 and older, participation in contact tracing, and adherence to preventive measures

*Rate adjusted for the effect of the public holiday (November 1).

Learn more

• See our report on the COVID-19 pandemic

• Visit our page on variants

• Visit our page on contact tracing

• Visit our page on the Flash survey

• See other national epidemiological updates