As for the evolution of the situation on Tuesday 17 May 2022, there are +43,727 new cases confirmed. Therefore 1,548,935 people have been infected by coronavirus since the epidemic started in France. +90 people have died since the latest report in France, totalling 147,568 deaths including 118,723 (+90) at the hospital and 28,845 (0) in nursing homes. At least 54,373,517 people have been given at least the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in France.

As of Saturday 14 May 2022, the incidence rate, that is to say the number of patients with RT-PCR+ test for 100,000 inhabitants per week reached 333.4. The R, representing the average amount of people contaminated by each person infected by COVID-19, reached 0.75. The occupancy rate of ICU beds in France reaches 23.19% as of Tuesday 17 May 2022. 13.12% of tests performed in France are positive over the past seven days.

• To be read
• Coronavirus in the world as of Tuesday 17 May 2022: latest case and death tolls in 24h per country
• Coronavirus in Paris and Île-de-France as of Tuesday 17 May 2022
• Coronavirus in France, the situation as of Tuesday 17 May 2022

ICU beds occupancy rate per region as of Tuesday 17 May 2022:

Mainland France:

• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : 17.9 %
• Bourgogne–Franche-Comté : 20.7 %
• Centre-Val de Loire : 23.9 %
• Corse : 27.8 %
• Grand Est : 21.1 %
• Hauts de France : 28.1 %
• Ile-de-France : 28.9 %
• Normandie : 18.8 %
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine : 21.4 %
• Occitanie : 21.9 %
• Pays de la Loire : 16.0 %
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur : 21.7 %

Overseas territories:

• Martinique : 19.2 %
• Réunion : 30.8 % 
• Guadeloupe : 33.3 %
• Guyane : 7.7 %
• Mayotte : 0.0 %