For the week of 15-21 March, the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 increased by 25% from 1,240 people to 1,564, as well as the number of their identified close contacts, which increased from 3,669 to 3,846 contacts (+ 4.8%).
The number of PCR tests performed during the week of 15-21 March increased from 62,517 to 63,501.
As of 21 March, the number of active infections stood at 3,069 (compared to 2,796 on 14 March) and the number of people 'cured' rose from 54,438 to 55,709. The average age of people diagnosed with Covid-19 has increased slightly to 37.4 years.
There were 28 deaths related to Covid-19 last week, unchanged from the week prior. The average age of those who died is 81 years old.
Hospitals saw a slight increase in hospitalisations: There were 99 patients in standard care, with 27 in intensive care. One week before that figure stood at 95 and 21, respectively.
For the reference period, the effective reproduction rate (RT eff) increased slightly with 1.13 compared to 1.05 the previous week, as did the positivity rate on all the tests carried out (prescriptions, Large Scale Testing, contact tracing), with 2.46% against 1.98% (average over the week).
The incidence rate is 250 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over 7 days. For the week of 8 March, the incidence rate stood at 198 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over 7 days. The incidence rate further increased in all age groups. The 75 and over category registered the greatest increase (+ 46%) followed by the 30-44 age group (+ 32%). The 60-74 age group continues to have the lowest incidence rate with 149 cases per 100,000 inhabitants while in other age groups the incidence rate is between 254 and 285.
For the referenced period, 2,745 people were in isolation (+ 5.8%) and 4,699 in quarantine (+ 26% compared to the previous week).
For the 1,564 new cases, the family circle remains the most frequent context of transmission of Covid-19 infections with 43.1%, followed by work (7.8%), education (6.5%) , the aid and care sector (4.0%) and leisure (3.4%). The rate of contamination for which the source is not clearly attributable remains stable at 30.2%.
For the week of 15-21 March, 15,201 doses were administered in total. 12,902 people received a 1st dose and 2,299 a 2nd.
For the week of March 8 to 14, the sequencing coverage of the population was 20.8%, thus significantly higher than the optimal rate of 10% recommended by ECDC to have a representative sample.
Concerning the representative sampling of 260 samples carried out for week 10/2021, the following distribution can be observed:
- the British UK variant (B.1.1.7) represents 63.5% of cases;
- the South African variant SA (B.1.351) represents 20.4% of cases.
