Key Points

COVID-19

• Increase in the incidence rate and positivity rate at the regional level based on monitoring of patients testing positive in city and hospital laboratories

• The most unfavorable situation is observed in Bouches-du-Rhône, where the incidence rate has reached 46 per 100,000 inhabitants and has nearly doubled in one week

• COVID activity among SOS Médecins associations remains stable

• Low use of hospital emergency departments

• Total number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions remains stable

• 20 new reports from social and medical-social facilities

Chikungunya, dengue, Zika

26 COVID-19 transmission clusters currently under investigation. More info on page 2. Since the start of surveillance, 20 confirmed cases of dengue, imported mainly from French Guiana and Martinique, have been reported.

Heatwave

A heat wave affected the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in week 32, prompting the Alpes-Maritimes department to issue a Yellow Heat Wave alert. Activity in emergency rooms and among SOS Médecins associations for conditions potentially related to the heat remains low.