Acute respiratory infections (influenza, bronchiolitis, COVID-19). Bulletin dated January 14, 2026.

Key Points

Acute respiratory infections (ARI)

  • Moderate activity in the city and at the hospital across all age groups.

Influenza

  • Overall stable or declining use of healthcare services among adults, but rising again among children, particularly in community practice. Continued increase in deaths. All French regions are in an epidemic phase except Réunion, which is in a pre-epidemic phase.

Bronchiolitis

  • Decrease in syndrome-based indicators in community settings and hospitals. The epidemic continues in 5 regions of mainland France and in the French West Indies. Seven regions have moved to the post-epidemic phase, and one to the baseline level.

COVID-19

  • Syndromic indicators are stable and at very low levels. The SARS-CoV-2 monitoring indicator in wastewater is showing a slight increase.

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