Key Points

COVID-19

• Low activity.

• In week 23, the incidence rate (IR) and positivity rate (PR) remained stable at low levels, against a backdrop of very low testing rates (TR).

Acute gastroenteritis

• Moderate activity. Emergency room visits have stabilized, and SOS Médecins consultations have decreased across all age groups.

Asthma

• An increase in emergency department visits, primarily among children under 5 and adults aged 15–74, and a decrease in SOS Médecins consultations across all age groups in week 23. Emergency department activity levels and the monitored SOS Médecins indicators are slightly above seasonal averages.

ENT Conditions

• Stabilization of ENT conditions in hospital emergency departments and a decrease in SOS Médecins consultations. Stabilization in the detection of rhinoviruses/enteroviruses by the Virology Laboratory at Brest University Hospital (13/45, positivity rate of 29%) and by the Virology Laboratory at Rennes University Hospital (7/47, positivity rate of 15%).

Extreme heat, heat wave

• The seasonal surveillance system is active from June 1 through September 15. Brittany has been under a green heat wave alert since the start of surveillance.