Key Points

COVID-19

• Decrease in the incidence rate (IR), testing rate (TR), and positivity rate (PR). The regional (unadjusted) IR fell from 426.3 per 100,000 inhabitants in Week 30 to 260.8 per 100,000 inhabitants in Week 31. IRs are declining in all four departments. Decrease in the number of people hospitalized in general care. Decrease in visits to emergency rooms and SOS Médecins. Estimated vaccination coverage by place of residence reaches 83.0% for one dose and 82.3% for a full course.

Extreme heat, heat wave

• A heat wave is settling over France again at the start of S32.

• In Week 31, Brittany remained under a green heat wave alert. We are seeing a stabilization in healthcare utilization for heat-related conditions this week, but activity remains within the ranges typically observed outside of periods of extreme heat.

Acute gastroenteritis

• Low activity.