Key Points

COVID-19

• In S18, viral circulation is declining sharply. The number of active hospitalizations across all departments is down slightly but remains very high, and the number of active ICU patients is decreasing slightly.

• Incidence rate declining sharply;

• Testing rates are decreasing;

• Positivity rate is falling sharply;

• Covid-19-related activity at the SOS Médecins association is decreasing;

• Covid-19-related activity in emergency departments is decreasing

• slight decrease in the number of patients currently hospitalized in general wards;

• Number of patients currently in intensive care or critical care is decreasing;

• 5 new deaths among hospitalized patients.

Flu

• First week post-epidemic;

• Emergency departments — Six visits related to flu-like illness were recorded in the emergency departments in Week 18, representing 0.3% of total emergency department visits. This proportion is significantly lower than the previous week (1.2%). No hospitalizations were recorded in Week 18, compared to 3 the previous week;

• SOS Médecins — Twenty-four consultations for influenza-like illness were conducted by SOS Médecins in Week 18, representing 1.9% of total activity. This proportion is lower than the previous week (4.0%);

• Sentinelles Network — In Week 18, the incidence rate for influenza-like illnesses, not yet finalized, is 80 per 100,000 inhabitants (95% CI [6; 154]). In week 17, this rate was 90 per 100,000 inhabitants (95% CI [25; 155]);

• Virological surveillance — In total, since the start of surveillance (week 2021-S40), 3 rhinoviruses, 1 enterovirus, 1 parainfluenza virus, 4 metapneumoviruses, 3 SARS-CoV-2, 3 RSV, 6 influenza A H3N2, 5 seasonal coronaviruses, and 2 adenoviruses have been isolated by physicians in the Sentinelles network from a total of 42 specimens.