COVID-19: Epidemiological Update for the Grand Est Region, April 9, 2020

Key indicators

City-wide Monitoring

  • SOS Médecins: During week 14 of 2020 (March 30–April 5), there were 1,096 consultations for suspected COVID-19, representing 25.8% of the activity of the five SOS Médecins associations in the Grand Est region (compared to 1,494 consultations and 28.7% of activity during week 13 of 2020). 7.1% of these consultations led to hospitalization (rate stable since week 11 of 2020).

  • Sentinelles Network: 530 (tele)consultations for acute respiratory infections (ARI) per 100,000 inhabitants in week 14 of 2020, compared to 661 per 100,000 in week 13 of 2020.

  • LBM (Surveillance of 3 labs: Eurofins-Biomnis-Cerba): 27.5% of tests were positive in week 14, compared to 31.4% in week 13 of 2020.

  • LBM (Monitoring by 10 laboratories, excluding the 3-lab monitoring group): 27.8% of tests were positive in week 14 (39.0% in week 13 of 2020 and 37.6% in week 12). Overall activity (number of COVID-19 tests performed) has been increasing since week 12 of 2020.

Surveillance in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes

  • In total, 6,528 confirmed cases were reported among residents and 4,343 cases among staff as of April 8, 2020 (5,554 and 3,128, respectively, in nursing homes).

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