Key points

Syndromic surveillance

• In week 36, emergency department visits and SOS Médecins consultations remained stable compared with the previous week in all age groups, except for an increase in the under-15 age group, as expected at the start of the new school term.

• Also as expected for this time of year, the number of emergency department visits and SOS Médecins consultations for respiratory pathologies continued to rise.

Surveillance of emergency medical services

• In week 36, the daily number of calls to the emergency medical services (SAMU) at the national level did not exceed alert thresholds on any day.

Wastewater surveillance

• In week 36, the overall upward trend in SARS-CoV-2 circulation levels in wastewater continued, although circulation was still of low intensity.