Health Monitoring in Brittany. Update as of February 25, 2021.

Key Points

COVID-19

Increase in the incidence rate and positivity rate calculated from PCR and antigen tests. The incidence rate rose from 88.0 per 100,000 inhabitants in Week 6 to 104.8 per 100,000 in Week 7. The positivity rate also rose, from 3.8% to 4.2%. Morbihan is the only department where the situation is worsening for virological indicators among those over 65 and for hospital indicators, and it has the lowest vaccination coverage in nursing homes. The proportion of suspected cases of the so-called British variant is 58% in Brittany, and that of the Brazilian or South African variants is 3.5%. Vaccination coverage stands at 4.6% for a single dose.

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Bronchiolitis

Moderate activity, rising phase. Increase in the number of emergency room visits.

Gastroenteritis

Activity is lower than in previous years for emergency room visits and within seasonal averages for SOS Médecins.

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