Health Monitoring in Brittany. Update as of August 28, 2020.

Key Points

Infection with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19

As of August 24, 2020, 5,337 confirmed cases of Covid-19 had been diagnosed through laboratory testing in Brittany, including 584 in S34. Indicators of disease severity (hospital deaths and intensive care admissions) remain low in Brittany.

Allergies

A peak in activity appears to have been reached in S33. The pollen season is slowly coming to an end.

Heat-related illness

Brittany is currently under a green heat wave alert. No heat wave risk is forecast for the next 5 days. An increase in emergency room activity was observed in weeks 32 and 33, which appears to be subsiding in week 34.

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