Coronavirus: indicators and status of the covid-19 pandemic in France

Assessing the presence of Covid-19 in wastewater allows visualization and anticipation of a resurgent epidemic. As the virus is present in stools, the whole population, including people without symptoms and not tested, is taken into account in the samples. The samples are sent to the partner laboratories of the Obépine network and are analyzed. The techniques detect the coronavirus gene and evaluate the quantity of virus in the water.

Assessing the age distribution of Covid-19 cases admitted to the hospital allows visualization and determination of statistical differences over time of the epidemic on the population.

The incidence rate shows the number of people infected with Covid-19 per 100,000 population.