Key Points

COVID-19

Week 04: SARS-CoV-2 circulation is decreasing slightly but remains at a very high level in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The incidence rate is 3,454 per 100,000 inhabitants, down 15%. Incidence rates are decreasing across all younger age groups but continue to rise among people aged 70 and older. The number of new hospitalizations for COVID-19 is high (>2,000) but is decreasing slightly (-5%), while the number of admissions to intensive care units is rising by 12%. The total number of hospitalized patients continues to rise, while the number of patients in intensive care units is slowly decreasing.

Influenza

5th epidemic week. During Week 04 (January 24–30, 2022), in inpatient care, according to data from the Oscour® network, hospital visits across all age groups for a diagnosis of influenza/influenza-like illness showed a slight decline (Figure 12). In Week 4, 170 emergency department visits for influenza/influenza-like illness were recorded, representing 0.4% of all visits across all age groups (0.5% in Week 3). Among these visits, 112 cases (65.9% vs. 59.9% in S03) were under 15 years of age, and 10 cases (5.9% vs. 5.2% in S03) were 65 years of age or older. Of the 170 visits, 16 were followed by hospitalization, representing a hospitalization rate of 9.4% for this diagnosis (8.9% for those under 15 and 40% for those aged 65 and older). Hospitalizations for influenza/influenza-like illness accounted for 0.2% of all hospitalizations in Week 3, stable compared to the previous week (0.3% in Week 3, Table 13).

Acute gastroenteritis

• In hospital settings (Oscour® network emergency departments): high activity

• In private practice (SOS Médecins associations): low activity