Key points
Epidemiological situation
In week 40, the situation continued to improve throughout the country but with a smaller improvement in the indicators and a stabilising trend in some regions.
- Metropolitan France:
- Stable incidence and hospitalisation rates in some regions
- R number <1 but on the rise for the third consecutive week, indicating a higher circulation of the virus
- Overseas France:
- French Guiana: falling but high incidence rate, with overburdened hospital services
- Martinique: persistent high incidence and hospitalisation rates
Variants
- Delta variant identified in 99% of sequenced samples in Flash Surveys on 14 and 21 September 2021
Contact tracing
- Slight decrease in the proportion of previously known cases identified as contacts in the last two weeks
- Drop in the number of cases attending school
Prevention
- On 12 October, 75.6% of the French population had received at least one vaccine dose, and 73.5% were fully vaccinated (Vaccin Covid data)
- CoviPrev Survey (28 September-5 October 2021):
- Systematic adoption of preventive measures stable since the previous wave (31 August-7 September)
- Stable proportion of respondents (13%) reporting their intention not to be vaccinated
- 60% of respondents in favour of the health pass
- Importance of combining different measures: vaccination, adherence to contact tracing, and respect of preventive measures
