Key Points

COVID-19

• The decline in SARS-CoV-2 viral circulation in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is confirmed by falling incidence rates across all departments and for all age groups. The positivity rate is declining in the vast majority of departments, with the exception of Doubs and the Belfort territory.

• The Omicron variant is circulating almost exclusively in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (99% of RT-PCR tests sequenced in S32).

• The latest available screening data suggest that the BA.4/BA.5 sublineages are the clear majority (92%) in the region, though perhaps less so in Côte d’Or (87%). Interpretation is limited by the small number of sequenced samples available for recent weeks.

• Regarding hospital activity, the number of new hospitalizations and the number of new admissions to critical care are decreasing. The decline in the number of deaths in hospitals that began between weeks 29 and 30 continues this week (16 vs. 21).

Extreme heat, heat wave

• No unusual increase in activity at emergency departments or SOS Médecins associations in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

• Indicators for heat-related illnesses remain at low levels.