Key Points

COVID-19

• Decline in regional epidemic activity confirmed by the decrease in virological indicators (TI, TP) estimated through antigen testing (TAG)

• Decrease in the regional TP, which nevertheless remains at a high level (22.3%, -2.3 percentage points)

• Decrease in healthcare utilization for suspected COVID-19 in outpatient settings and hospitals, against a backdrop of a sharp increase in acute respiratory infections of all etiologies (Sentinel Network)

• Vaccination coverage among the most vulnerable (over 60 years old) (35.3%), eligible for the second booster, remains too low

Bronchiolitis

• Epidemic phase for the 4th week: sharp and sustained increase at SOS Médecins and in the region’s emergency departments (levels higher than in all previous seasons, including 2018–2019)

• Significant circulation of RSV among hospitalized patients (data from Amiens University Hospital not available)

Influenza

• Non-epidemic phase but continued increase in emergency departments, stable activity at SOS Médecins

• Doctors Activity still at a low level (data from Amiens University Hospital not available)

• Increase in the incidence rate of influenza-like illnesses estimated by the Sentinelles network

Acute gastroenteritis

• Low activity, decreasing in emergency departments and at SOS Médecins

*The suspension by some private clinical laboratories of the transmission of COVID-19 test results to the SI-DEP database as of 10/27/22 has disrupted the production of virological indicators by Santé publique France.