Health Monitoring in Brittany. Update as of May 25, 2023.

Key Points

COVID-19

  • Low activity.

  • In week 20, the incidence rate, testing rate, and positivity rate remained stable at low levels.

Acute gastroenteritis

  • Low activity. Emergency room visits have stabilized, and there has been a slight increase in SOS Médecins consultations across all age groups.

Asthma

  • Upward trend in emergency department visits across all age groups. SOS Médecins consultations stabilized in week 20. The monitored indicators are close to seasonal averages.

ENT conditions

  • Increase in ENT conditions in hospital emergency departments and at SOS Médecins.

  • Increase in the detection of rhinoviruses/enteroviruses by the Virology Laboratory at the Brest University Hospital (9/38, 24% positivity rate) and the Rennes University Hospital (11/50, 22% positivity rate).

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