Key Points

Epidemiology of Transmissible Subacute Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSSE)

• Between 2011 and 2019, the annual mortality rate for confirmed and probable TSE cases in France, across all forms, was 2.34 [2.22–2.47] cases per million inhabitants. The observed cases of confirmed and probable sporadic CJD who died resided in all French regions, with the highest rates observed in Languedoc-Roussillon and Burgundy (a rate of 2.40 cases per million inhabitants). These rates appear to reflect random fluctuations, given that the highest rates in 2009 and 2010 were observed in Brittany and Alsace (3.13 and 4.05 cases per million inhabitants, respectively) and are lower than the national rate between 2011 and 2019.

Extreme heat, heat wave

• After Météo-France lifted the heatwave alert in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté on August 14, indicators of heat-related illnesses returned to low levels.

COVID-19

• The number of emergency room visits for suspected COVID-19 remains stable. People aged 65 and older remain the most represented group (52.1%), followed by those under 15 (22.5%). The proportion of COVID-19 cases among total emergency room visits remains below 1%.