What are the departments in France most affected by the pandemic?

On a national level, as of 2nd April, the number of confirmed infected persons was 59,105, with 26,246 hospitalised, 6,399 in intensive care, a total of 4,503 hospital deaths, and 12,428 recovered and discharged.

The vast majority of hospitalisations are located in the Ile-de-France (10,273) and the Grand Est (4,657) regions and to a less extent in Auvergne Rhone Alpes (2,706) and Provence Cote d’Azur (1,492). The lowest number of hospitalisations is in Brittany (391).

POSTSCRIPT: See our May 2020 update of the situation in our article at: Covid-19 Cases by Department.

The graphic below shows the trend since 3rd March, with cumulative totals.

• Orange - Confirmed cases
• Grey - Hospitalisation
• Dark Grey - Intensive Care
  
• Red - Deaths
• Green - Return to Home
  

The true number of people infected or who have died is higher than the official figures above, due the restricted nature of the testing that has been carried out and deaths at home that are not included.

Thus, preliminary figures from the government indicate that there are nearly 15,000 elderly in care homes who are infected and nearly 900 who have died as a result of Covid-19.

The following table shows the number of hospitalisations and deaths by region and department, as at 2nd April 2020.

At a departmental level, worst affected is Paris, with 2,828 hospitalisations and 455 deaths, whilst thus far Lozère has been largely spared, with only nine people admitted to hospital and no deaths.

Source: Santé publique France