Key Points

COVID-19

• Covid-19 viral circulation continues to rise rapidly and significantly in week 47, particularly in the major urban areas of the northern part of the region

• Epidemic spread across all age groups, particularly among 6- to 10-year-olds and 30- to 49-year-olds

• In hospitals, new hospitalizations and admissions to critical care units for COVID-19 are rising across the region

Bronchiolitis

• Activity is once again rising significantly in emergency departments, following a two-week slowdown observed after the school break and holidays

Flu

• Flu activity is low and sporadic

Gastroenteritis

• Gastroenteritis activity is on the rise in emergency departments, across all age groups and among children under 5 years of age, associated with an increase in rotavirus isolates among patients hospitalized for gastroenteritis over the past two weeks