Key Points

COVID-19

• At the regional level: After reaching 138 cases per 10⁵ residents in the second week of August (Week 32, 2021), the regional incidence rate has continued to decline for the fourth consecutive week. With a 24% decrease, the regional incidence rate is now 64 per 10⁵ residents and remains below the national incidence rate (99 per 10⁵ residents in W36). While the testing rate is stabilizing, there is a general decline in the positivity rate across all age groups. As schools reopen, children under 14 show a sharply declining but still high positivity rate (5.5% in Week 36 vs. 9.6% in Week 35), which is largely due to a 60% increase in the testing rate specific to this age group (1,720 per 10⁵ inhabitants in Week 36 vs. 1,073 per 10⁵ inhabitants in Week 35).

• The number of new hospitalizations and new admissions to intensive care has been stable for the past four weeks. Reports of outbreaks from medical-social institutions (ESMS) also appear to be stabilizing.

• At the departmental level: Departmental incidence rates range from 40.1 per 10⁵ inhabitants (Nièvre) to 142.7 per 10⁵ inhabitants (Belfort), the latter being the only department with an incidence rate exceeding 100 per 10⁵ inhabitants.