Most Covid vaccinations in France not in worst areas

Regions such as Provence-Alpes-Côte-D’azur and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté have higher rates of Covid-19 but have vaccinated proportionally fewer people

13 January 2021

The region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-D’azur in the south of France has one of the lowest rates of vaccination in the country, despite being one of the regions the most affected by Covid-19

By Thomas Brent

The regions most affected by Covid-19 in France have vaccinated comparatively fewer people, newly released government data shows.

The data, published for the first time on January 11 and updated daily, shows how many people in France have been vaccinated by region.

It shows that Provence-Alpes-Côte-D’azur has vaccinated 225 people per 100,000 residents and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has vaccinated 351 people per 100,000 residents.

These regions are among the worst affected by Covid-19 currently, with incidence rates (the number of positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people) of 310 and 245 respectively.

Normandy, in comparison, where the incidence rate is 166.6, has vaccinated 474 people per 100,000 residents.

And in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where the incidence rate is 93.6, 373 per 100,000 residents have been vaccinated.

The government has not yet provided an explanation for this.

The below table shows how the vaccination rates of two regions badly affected by Covid-19 - Provence-Alpes-Côte-D’azur and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - compare with two regions less affected by Covid-19.

Area	Covid-19 vaccinations per 100,000 people	Incidence rate (number of positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people)
Provence-Alpes-Côte-D’azur	225	310 (data from January 10)
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	351	245 (data from January 8)
Normandy	474	166.6 (data from January 12)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	373	93.6 (data from January 8)
National	N/A	188 (data from January 13)

On Sunday, January 10, Health Minister Olivier Véran announced that this week the first 50,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine would be delivered to the most affected regions in the country.

France prepares for first Moderna vaccine doses to arrive

“We have not yet reached full speed for vaccinations in our country, but we are vaccinating more people every day," Mr Véran said.

“Next week the pace will increase again. We are already within the daily average of European countries.”

Dès cette semaine, les premières dizaines de milliers de doses de #vaccins Moderna seront livrées aux territoires les plus touchés par la pandémie. pic.twitter.com/24sMzTQYf9
— Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) January 10, 2021