Key Points

COVID-19: Indicators remain at a high level.

Number of confirmed cases (based on Si DEP):

• Number of confirmed cases in Week 50: 5,846 (5,002 in Week 49); positivity rate of 9.1% (8.9% in Week 49); incidence rate of 210.1 per 100,000 inhabitants (179.7 in Week 49)

• Variation in incidence rates by department, ranging from 171.3 per 100,000 in the Territoire-de-Belfort to 269.5 per 100,000 in the Doubs.

• Variation in positivity rates by department, ranging from 7.5% in Nièvre to 11.5% in Doubs.

Urban surveillance

• SOS Médecins: 619 suspected COVID-19 cases per 10,000 medical procedures (Week 50, 592 in Week 49)

Hospital surveillance

• Réseau Oscour ®: 406 suspected COVID-19 cases per 10,000 visits (Week 50, 420 in Week 49)

• SI VIC: 1,832 people hospitalized, including 173 in intensive care as of 12/16/2020

• Intensive care sentinel services: 72% men, 70% aged 65 and older, and 89% with at least one comorbidity

Surveillance in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes

• Since March 1, 15,513 confirmed and probable cases among nursing home residents (including 1,299 deaths) and 8,417 confirmed and probable cases among nursing home staff

• Decrease in the number of reports in S50 across all departments

• High number of deaths

Mortality surveillance

A decrease appears to be beginning, but excess mortality persists in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté for week S49.

Influenza

Flu-related activity at SOS Médecins and emergency departments is currently low.

Bronchiolitis

The percentage of bronchiolitis cases among diagnoses in children under 2 years of age is currently declining compared to figures observed during the two previous seasons, both for SOS Médecins and for emergency departments.

Gastroenteritis

The percentage of gastroenteritis cases among diagnoses made by SOS Médecins and hospital emergency departments is currently well below the rates of the two previous seasons.