Key Points

• COVID Surveillance: Increased viral circulation in the region.

  • 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 131.4 per 100,000 inhabitants

  • COVID activity among SOS Médecins associations on the rise

  • Use of hospital emergency departments on the rise—Total number of intensive care hospitalizations on the rise

  • 19 new reports from social and medical-social facilities

  • 39 new COVID-19 transmission clusters, currently under investigation.

• Surveillance of chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. Since surveillance began, 32 confirmed cases of dengue, imported mainly from Martinique and French Guiana, have been reported.

• Health surveillance of the impact of extreme heat. No heat wave is forecast in the coming days that would warrant a heat wave alert. Activity in emergency departments and among SOS Médecins associations for conditions potentially related to heat remains low.