Key Points

COVID-19

• The regional incidence rate stood at 445 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, rising for the fourth consecutive week. The positivity rate (21.2%) and the testing rate followed the same trend.

• The BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages of the Omicron variant are predominant in Île-de-France and accounted for nearly all sequencing results.

• Use of primary care and emergency services for “suspected COVID-19” was increasing.

• The number of new hospitalizations and the number of COVID-19-related deaths in hospitals were increasing. The number of new admissions to critical care was decreasing.

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

Monkeypox

• As of 10/11/22, 2,482 confirmed cases of monkeypox had been recorded in Île-de-France (region of residence).