Key Points

In Week 5, a slowdown in viral circulation:

• Decrease in the incidence rate at the regional level, with similar trends observed in all departments and across all age groups, except among those aged 65 and older, where the rate has stabilized

• Stabilization of the positivity rate, except among those aged 65 and older in Cher, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, and Loir-et-Cher, where an increase is still observed

• Nearly all screening tests showed a profile consistent with the Omicron (D1) variant in S05

• Decrease in new hospitalizations and stabilization of new admissions to critical care for COVID-19

• Decrease in emergency room visits and SOS Médecins consultations for suspected COVID-19

• Excess mortality from all causes in Loir-et-Cher and Loiret