Key Points

Acute Respiratory Infections

• In week 05-2026, indicators for acute respiratory infections (ARI) were declining, both in hospitals and in community settings, across all age groups.

• This ARI activity was primarily driven by the use of healthcare services for influenza (in primary care and emergency departments) and for pneumonia (in hospitals).

Bronchiolitis (children under 1 year of age)

• Occitanie remained in the post-epidemic phase in week 05-2026, even though some regions in northwestern France were in the green zone (no epidemic).

Influenza and influenza-like illness

• In week 05-2026, the Occitanie region was in its 9th week of the influenza epidemic.

COVID-19

• In week 05-2026, indicators were stable and at low levels in Occitanie.