Key Points

The vulnerability level (low, moderate, high) is an indicator that reflects viral circulation and its impact on the health of the department’s population, thereby helping to tailor management measures. This indicator, whose vulnerability level is regularly reassessed by regional teams from Santé publique France in collaboration with the ARS, is derived from a synthesis of the following indicators: positivity rate/incidence among tested patients (SI-DEP), rate of consultations/visits for suspected COVID-19 (SOS Médecins, Oscour®), effective reproduction numbers of the virus (SI-DEP, Oscour®, SI-VIC), clusters in the community, workplace, and medical-social facilities (SI-MONIC), admissions to general wards and intensive care units (SI-VIC).

Since August 22, the Loiret department has been classified as “high” vulnerability, while Eure-et-Loir and Indre-et-Loire are classified as “moderate.” The other departments are classified as “limited.”