Fig. 1

Dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic and timing of non-pharmaceutical interventions across departments in metropolitan France, week 11–2020 to week 20–2021. A Map of departments, colored by region. The two departments marked by an asterisk were excluded, as well as Corsica (not shown), due to missing covariates. B Time series of new daily hospital admissions by department (logarithmic scale). C Temporal evolution of the reproduction number R by department and by week, overlaid with the timeline of non-pharmaceutical interventions. Boxplots feature the 2.5th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 97.5th percentiles. Non-pharmaceutical interventions are shown taking the Rhône department as an example. D Timing of the third lockdown by department. E Timing of the 6 pm curfew by department. F Start dates of 2021 winter holidays by department