Key Points

In Martinique, the health situation is stabilizing at a high level (a trend to be confirmed over the next two weeks).

• The positivity rate and incidence rate were declining, despite a slight increase in testing activity.

• In hospitals, activity remained stable and very high, with a high number of hospitalizations in general medicine and intensive care units. The same was true in outpatient care.

• The UK variant is still circulating actively in the population, and sporadic cases of the Brazil/South Africa and Nigeria/US variants have been reported.

• As of April 20, 30,895 people had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 8,553 people had received two doses, representing coverage rates of 8.6% and 2.4%, respectively.

• Individual prevention measures, collective containment efforts, and the acceleration of vaccination are key priorities in addressing this epidemic situation.