- Covid-19: Covid figures (March 2023)
- Covid-19: the latest weekly report from Public Health France
- What are the rules related to Covid at the moment?
Covid-19: Covid figures (March 2023)
Last update: 04/20/2023
- 8,807 people were infected in 24 hours to April 19 down 38% over the last seven days;
- THE incidence rate is 88.3, up 8% over the last seven days;
- THE positivity rate increases, it is 19.5% (+5.4% over one week);
- THE R count is 1 (increasing over the past 7 days).
Number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 diagnosis – male and female
Covid-19: the latest weekly report from Public Health France
Every week, Santé Publique France, publishes the main trends in the evolution of Covid-19 in France.
According to report of April 19, 2023 (S15 April 10-16), incidence and positivity rates continue to rise, but these indicators remain at low levels. “In metropolitan France, an increase in the positivity rate and the screening rate was observed in the majority of regions”, details the report. The indicators for seeking care from the emergency room and from SOS Médecins are on the rise. However, new hospitalizations are decreasing (2,255 vs 2,407 last week).
What variants are currently circulating in France?
- In mainland France, the recombinant XBB.1.5 is in the majority and is stabilizing with 57% of the interpretable sequences of Flash S13 surveys (vs. 58% in Flash S12).
- The BQ.1 sub-lineage continues to decline, dropping from 7% in Flash S12 to 5% in Flash S13.
- The CH.1.1 variant (BA.2 sub-lineage) was detected at very low levels, with 4% of the sequences interpretable in Flash S13.
- The XBB recombinant is slightly increasing, with 32% of the sequences interpretable in Flash S13.
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➡️ Increasing incidence rate in most age groups and regions
➡️ Hospitalization rate down in most regions
To consult the EP of April 19, 2023 https://t.co/krjh3sIE1Hpic.twitter.com/EjMpRT31IM– Public HealthFrance (@SantePublicFr) April 19, 2023
Coast vaccination, Public Health France specifies that, as of April 17, 2023, 23.6% of 60-79 year olds and 26.3% of 80 year olds and over had received a booster adapted to the Omicron variant. 23.0% of 60-79 year olds had received an injection less than 6 months old and 4.0% of 80 year olds and over a dose less than 3 months old.
and 25.4% of 60-79 year olds and 8.5% of 80+ year olds had received a dose less than 6 and 3 months old respectively.
- See here Information to remember about booster vaccination
- Note that the HAS issued a favorable opinion on the use on reminder of two “classic” vaccines therefore without messenger RNA: the new Sanofi vaccine (VidPrevtyn®) and that of Novavax (Nuvaxovid®) in adults.
“In the context of still active circulation of SARS-CoV-2, it remains recommended to maintain adherence to combined measures“, calls SPF:
- Up-to-date vaccination against Covid-19, in particular by a booster dose with a bivalent vaccine (against the initial strain and the Omicron variant) for eligible primary vaccinated;
- Maintaining the application of barrier gesturesespecially in the event of a positive test and/or symptoms.
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What are the rules related to Covid at the moment?
Isolation and contacts in the event of a positive test : since February 1, 2023, in accordance with the recommendations of the High Council for Public Health (HCSP), systematic isolation for people who test positive for Covid-19 and the performance of a screening test on the second day of notification of the contact status for asymptomatic contact persons are no longer required. On the other hand, as with any acute respiratory infection disease, it remains strongly recommended that people who test positive for Covid-19, as well as people who have been exposed to a contagious person and are likely to develop the disease, respect barrier gestures, to be tested and to avoid contact with fragile people.
- Positive Covid test: no longer need to isolate yourself from February 1, 2023
- Covid: Isolation, screening of contact cases… Here is what will change on February 1
Since January 31, 2023, the “Covid Contact” teleservice Health Insurance, which allowed the identification and care of people sick with Covid-19 and contact cases has been deleted. It also induces the suspension of contact tracing possibilities by Health Insurance aimed at searching for contact cases in the entourage of people positive for Covid-19.
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- Covid long: Depression, loss of appetite, self-confidence… What are the consequences of a loss of smell that lasts? The explanations of Jean-Marie Lledo, researcher at the CNRS and the Institut Pasteur in our article.
- The Academy of Medicine warns of the risk of an increase in lasting cognitive disorders. In a press release issued this Wednesday, she therefore calls “to study the long-term consequences and the social weight of these prolonged neurological and psychiatric forms.”
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