Key Points

COVID-19

• In Week 43, for the second consecutive week, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 slowed in the region; this slowdown was observed throughout the territory and was accompanied by a decrease in new hospitalizations.

• Incidence rate (IR) and positivity rate (PR) from TAG data are decreasing.

• The BA.5 sublineage has been stable and predominant since week 24; the proportion of the new BQ1.1 sublineage among sequenced tests has stabilized.

Acute gastroenteritis

• Activity remains stable at SOS Médecins and hospital emergency departments.

Monkeypox

• 42 cases of Monkeypox have been identified in the Centre-Val de Loire region as of 11/02/22.

Bronchiolitis

• Third week of the outbreak: activity remains stable at SOS Médecins and is on the rise in hospital emergency departments among children under 2 years of age.

Influenza

• Activity is decreasing at SOS Médecins and increasing in hospital emergency departments.