Key Points

COVID-19

• In Week 47 in Île-de-France, virological and hospital indicators showed an increase.

• The regional incidence rate was 235 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, an increase compared to Week 46 of 2022. The positivity rate (17.5%) and the testing rate followed the same trend.

• The BA.5 sublineage of the Omicron variant accounted for nearly all sequencing results.

• Visits to primary care for “suspected COVID-19” were rising sharply, as were visits to emergency departments.

• The number of new hospitalizations and the number of new admissions to critical care units related to COVID-19 had decreased compared to S46. The number of hospital deaths was decreasing.

• The total number of new COVID-19 cases reported by ESMS was declining.

Monkeypox

• From mid-May through November 29, 2022, 2,501 confirmed cases of monkeypox were recorded in Île-de-France (region of residence).