Key points

• Mainland France

  • Increase in all indicators tracking the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

  • Increases in emergency room visits, new hospitalizations, and ICU admissions

  • Increase in SARS-CoV-2-related deaths in hospitals and long-term care facilities

  • Likely underestimation of the increase in confirmed cases due to diagnostic capacity saturation in certain regions

  • High circulation of the virus among young adults, increase among those aged 75 and older

  • 48 departments with a case incidence above the alert threshold of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants, including 12 departments with a rate exceeding 100 per 100,000 inhabitants

  • Seroprevalence: 4.9% of the population infected at the end of lockdown (week 20)

• Overseas territories: Guadeloupe and Saint Martin: increased transmission; Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, and Réunion: stabilization; French Guiana and Mayotte: declining

• Prevention

  • Masks worn more frequently

  • Recommendation: improve the consistent maintenance of a distance of at least one meter between people, without shaking hands or kissing, particularly among young adults and in private settings.