93% of French departments under the threshold of 50 cases for 100,000 inhabitants

As the vaccination campaign goes on in France, the coronavirus epidemic is declining as lockdown keeps on being lifted. As of Wednesday June 16, 2021, the incidence rate is below 50 cases for 100,000 inhabitants in 93 departments. Here are places the virus spreads the least in France.

In France, after a third wave that caused a new hybrid lockdown, the coronavirus epidemic is declining again. For the first time, the French can touch the prospect of a long-lasting exit from the health crisis especially thanks to the improvement in the vaccination campaign always opening to a wider target. For instance, all adults can be vaccinated from May 31, 2021. As for under-age, they can get vaccinated starting from June 15, 2021.

While the country keeps on complying with the four-step lockdown exit, France is about to take up the challenge the summer 2021 is as it is a big issue on a health and economy level since tourism will be resuming. In the meantime, indicators are closely monitored to know more about the evolution of the coronavirus epidemic in France. The incidence rate – calculated based on the number of cases for 100,000 inhabitants – enables us to find out where the virus spreads the most or the least according to consolidated data of the positive tests.

As of Wednesday June 16, 2021, there are 93 departments with an incidence rate below the threshold of 50 cases for 100,000 inhabitants. Areas where the virus spreads the least in France are:

01 — Ain — Bourg-en-Bresse 31.2 ⇒
02 — Aisne — Laon 27.6 ⇒
03 — Allier — Moulins 29.9 ⇒
04 — Alpes-de-Haute-Provence — Digne-les-Bains 16.9 ⇒
05 — Hautes-Alpes — Gap 28.9 ⇒
06 — Alpes-Maritimes — Nice 19.1 ⇒
07 — Ardèche — Privas 25.4 ⇒
08 — Ardennes — Charleville-Mézières 33.1 ⇗
09 — Ariège — Foix 11.2 ⇒
10 — Aube — Troyes 13.6 ⇒
11 — Aude — Carcassonne 21.5 ⇘
12 — Aveyron — Rodez 31.3 ⇒
13 — Bouches-du-Rhône — Marseille 36.5 ⇘
14 — Calvados — Caen 30.4 ⇘
15 — Cantal — Aurillac 18.9 ⇘
16 — Charente — Angoulême 13.8 ⇒
17 — Charente-Maritime — La Rochelle 17.5 ⇘
18 — Cher — Bourges 31.7 ⇒
19 — Corrèze — Tulle 36.6 ⇒
2A — Corse-du-Sud — Ajaccio 16.6 ⇒
2B — Haute-Corse — Bastia 12.1 ⇒
21 — Côte-d'Or — Dijon 47.3 ⇘
22 — Côtes-d'Armor — Saint-Brieuc 25.5 ⇗
23 — Creuse — Guéret 12.0 ⇒
24 — Dordogne — Périgueux 21.5 ⇘
25 — Doubs — Besançon 40.0 ⇒
26 — Drôme — Valence 23.6 ⇗
27 — Eure — Évreux 40.6 ⇒
28 — Eure-et-Loir — Chartres 29.1 ⇘
29 — Finistère — Quimper 36.5 ⇗
30 — Gard — Nîmes 24.6 ⇒
31 — Haute-Garonne — Toulouse 39.7 ⇘
32 — Gers — Auch 35.8 ⇘
33 — Gironde — Bordeaux 38 ⇒
34 — Hérault — Montpellier 32.1 ⇒
35 — Ille-et-Vilaine — Rennes 37.5 ⇘
36 — Indre — Châteauroux 18.9 ⇘
37 — Indre-et-Loire — Tours 32.2 ⇒
38 — Isère — Grenoble 33.4 ⇘
39 — Jura — Lons-le-Saunier 47.7 ⇘
40 — Landes — Mont-de-Marsan 46.6 ⇗
41 — Loir-et-Cher — Blois 19.2 ⇘
43 — Haute-Loire — Le Puy-en-Velay 45.0 ⇒
44 — Loire-Atlantique — Nantes 31.0 ⇘
46 — Lot — Cahors 25.4 ⇗
47 — Lot-et-Garonne — Agen 43.0 ⇒
48 — Lozère — Mende 19.7 ⇘
49 — Maine-et-Loire — Angers 33.2 ⇘
50 — Manche — Saint-Lô 36.5 ⇘
51 — Marne — Châlons-en-Champagne 28.7 ⇒
52 — Haute-Marne — Chaumont 16.0 ⇘
53 — Mayenne — Laval 40.0 ⇘
54 — Meurthe-et-Moselle — Nancy 33.4 ⇒
55 — Meuse — Bar-le-Duc 23.1 ⇘
56 — Morbihan — Vannes 29.5 ⇘
57 — Moselle — Metz 25.6 ⇒
58 — Nièvre — Nevers 19.5 ⇗
59 — Nord — Lille 44.4 ⇘
60 — Oise — Beauvais 34.8 ⇒
61 — Orne — Alençon 39.4 ⇘
62 — Pas-de-Calais — Arras 35.5 ⇘
63 — Puy-de-Dôme — Clermont-Ferrand 38.3 ⇒
65 — Hautes-Pyrénées — Tarbes 23.4 ⇘
66 — Pyrénées-Orientales — Perpignan 40.7 ⇒
67 — Bas-Rhin — Strasbourg 44.8 ⇗
68 — Haut-Rhin — Colmar 44.9 ⇘
69 — Rhône — Lyon 49.3 ⇘
70 — Haute-Saône — Vesoul 31.7 ⇒
71 — Saône-et-Loire — Mâcon 36.3 ⇘
72 — Sarthe — Le Mans 33.9 ⇘
73 — Savoie — Chambéry 30.3 ⇘
74 — Haute-Savoie — Annecy 36.7 ⇒
76 — Seine-Maritime — Rouen 43.3 ⇘
77 — Seine-et-Marne — Melun 43.9 ⇘
78 — Yvelines — Versailles 43.8 ⇘
79 — Deux-Sèvres — Niort 24.7 ⇒
80 — Somme — Amiens 31.6 ⇒
81 — Tarn — Albi 35.1 ⇒
82 — Tarn-et-Garonne — Montauban 30.8 ⇒
83 — Var — Toulon 28.3 ⇘
84 — Vaucluse — Avignon 22.1 ⇒
85 — Vendée — La Roche-sur-Yon 21.8 ⇒
86 — Vienne — Poitiers 22.9 ⇒
87 — Haute-Vienne — Limoges 23.5 ⇗
88 — Vosges — Épinal 35.3 ⇒
89 — Yonne — Auxerre 39.1 ⇘ ,
90 — Territoire de Belfort — Belfort 30.7 ⇗
91 — Essonne — Évry 47.9 ⇘
92 — Hauts-de-Seine — Nanterre 46.8 ⇘
971 — Guadeloupe — Basse-Terre 36.9 ⇘
972 — Martinique — Fort-de-France 19.2 ⇒
976 — Mayotte — Dzaoudzi 7.9 ⇒

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