Health Monitoring in Brittany. Update as of April 20, 2023.

Key Points

COVID-19

  • Low activity, despite an increase in routine hospitalizations.

  • Oscour®: slight decrease in the number of emergency department visits in S15 (72 visits compared to 81 in S14); 50% of these visits resulted in hospitalization (compared to 53% in S14). Suspected COVID-19 cases accounted for 0.5% of emergency department activity across all age groups (compared to 0.5% in W14).

  • SOS Médecins: slight increase in the number of SOS Médecins consultations (42 consultations in S15 compared to 35 in S14). Across all age groups, suspected COVID-19 cases accounted for 1.0% of SOS Médecins activity in S15 (compared to 0.9% in S14).

Influenza and influenza-like illnesses

  • Non-epidemic activity.

  • Continued decline in emergency room visits and SOS Médecins consultations. Decrease in the circulation of influenza B virus according to the virology laboratories at the Rennes and Brest university hospitals.

Acute gastroenteritis

  • Moderate activity.

  • Stabilization in emergency room visits and SOS Médecins consultations across all age groups

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