As for the evolution of the situation on Thursday 18 August 2022, there are +23,605 new cases confirmed. Therefore 1,265,379 people have been infected by coronavirus since the epidemic started in France. +92 people have died since the latest report in France, totalling 153,427 deaths including 124,352 (+89) at the hospital and 29,075 (+3) in nursing homes. At least 54,536,640 people have been given at least the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in France.

As of Thursday 18 August 2022, the incidence rate, that is to say the number of patients with RT-PCR+ test for 100,000 inhabitants per week reached 0.0. The R, representing the average amount of people contaminated by each person infected by COVID-19, reached 0.66. The occupancy rate of ICU beds in France reaches 19.40% as of Thursday 18 August 2022. 0.00% of tests performed in France are positive over the past seven days.

• To be read
• Coronavirus in the world as of Thursday 18 August 2022: latest case and death tolls in 24h per country
• Coronavirus in Paris and Île-de-France as of Thursday 18 August 2022
• Coronavirus in France, the situation as of Thursday 18 August 2022

ICU beds occupancy rate per region as of Thursday 18 August 2022:

Mainland France:

• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : 12.0 %
• Bourgogne–Franche-Comté : 16.2 %
• Centre-Val de Loire : 15.6 %
• Corse : 38.9 %
• Grand Est : 18.7 %
• Hauts de France : 18.5 %
• Ile-de-France : 28.9 %
• Normandie : 13.3 %
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine : 16.7 %
• Occitanie : 18.1 %
• Pays de la Loire : 18.8 %
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur : 14.1 %

Overseas territories:

• Martinique : 15.4 %
• Réunion : 21.2 % 
• Guadeloupe : 33.3 %
• Guyane : 15.4 %
• Mayotte : 0.0 %