Key Points

COVID-19

• The regional incidence rate was 453 cases per 100,000 residents, remaining stable after four consecutive weeks of increases. The positivity rate (21.2%) and the testing rate followed the same trend.

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

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

• 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 remained stable.

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

Monkeypox

• From mid-May through October 18, 2022, 2,492 confirmed cases of monkeypox were recorded in Île-de-France (Region of residence).