Key Points

• The trend of the COVID-19 epidemic in Martinique should be interpreted with caution due to the social unrest that affected the territory in weeks S47 and S48. Access to outpatient care was impacted. Therefore, in this epidemiological update, data from week S49 are compared with those from week S46, the week prior to the social unrest.

• In week S49, the testing rate was equivalent to that of week S46. The incidence rate and positivity rate were also stable. Thus, viral circulation remained high but stable. The hospital remained under very heavy strain due to the large number of hospitalized patients, particularly in intensive care.