Key Points

• Among the 0-17 age group, SARS-CoV-2 circulation is on the rise. In week 2022-S26, the highest incidence rate was observed among 6- to 10-year-olds (651 per 100,000). This incidence rate was lower than that observed among adults (ranging from 703 to 1,518 per 100,000 depending on the age group).

• Among the 0–17 age group, SARS-CoV-2 circulation is on the rise. In week 2022-S26, the highest incidence rate was observed among 6- to 10-year-olds (651 per 100,000). This incidence rate was lower than that observed among adults (ranging from 703 to 1,518 per 100,000 depending on the age group).

• Vaccination coverage as of June 27, 2022, is high among 12- to 17-year-olds (82.6% had received their full primary vaccination series and 17.7% a booster) and remains low among 5- to 9-year-olds and 10- to 11-year-olds (2.6% and 8.1%, respectively, with a full primary vaccination series).

• The number of hospitalizations for COVID-19 has been increasing moderately since week 2022-S23.

• Data from the PICURe network and the PANDOR study do not show any change in the severity of hospitalized cases. The proportion of children with comorbidities among those admitted for COVID-19 to critical care units¹ is higher during the Omicron wave than it was during the Delta wave.

• As of June 26, 2022, and since the start of the epidemic, 69% of the 1,048 reported cases of PIMS (pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome secondary to COVID-19), affecting mainly children aged 3 to 11, have been hospitalized in critical care units. 29% of the cases observed have been since week 2021-S46 (the start of the fifth wave).

[1] Following Decree No. 2022-690 of April 26, 2022, regarding the conditions for establishing critical care services, statistics related to intensive care, critical care, and continuous care units are now grouped under “critical care units.”