COVID-19 and seasonal viruses in the Hauts-de-France region. Update as of February 16, 2023.

Key Points

COVID-19

  • In urban areas, the number of people seeking care for suspected COVID-19 remains low across all sectors of the region

  • In hospitals, there has been a decline in new admissions to general care units and a low number of new admissions to critical care units.

Bronchiolitis

  • End of the epidemic, following 11 weeks of the epidemic and post-epidemic phases.

  • Return to normal activity levels in community practice and hospitals.

Flu

  • Post-epidemic activity remains stable for the fourth consecutive week.

  • Stable influenza activity in outpatient and inpatient care settings.

  • Low positivity rate, with type B viruses predominantly isolated in hospitalized patients.

Gastroenteritis

  • Activity for acute gastroenteritis (AGI), across all age groups and among children under 5, is increasing in emergency departments and among physicians in the Sentinelles network.

  • Increase in rotavirus isolates over the past two weeks among hospitalized patients with gastroenteritis

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