Key points

• Mainland France

  • Increases in emergency room visits, new hospitalizations, intensive care admissions, and SARS-CoV-2-related deaths occurring in hospitals

  • Exponential increase in ICU admissions

  • Increased circulation of SARS-CoV-2 among people aged 65 and older

  • 49 departments at high risk and 36 at moderate risk

  • Underestimation of the increase in confirmed cases due to likely saturation of diagnostic capacity

  • Likely underestimation of the number of clusters

• Overseas territories:

  • Guadeloupe, Martinique: increase in hospitalizations

  • Réunion, Mayotte: stabilization of transmission

  • French Guiana: declining

• Prevention

  • Masks worn more frequently

  • Recommendation: improve the consistent maintenance of a distance of at least one meter between people, without shaking hands or kissing, particularly among young adults and in private settings.