Key Points

Acute Respiratory Infections

• In week 02-2026, indicators for acute respiratory infections (ARI) were at high levels and declining.

Bronchiolitis (children under 1 year of age)

• Occitanie has entered the post-epidemic phase for week 02-2026 (along with 7 other regions in metropolitan France). Indeed, the majority of indicators show a clear downward trend between the first two weeks of 2026.

Influenza and influenza-like illness

• In week 02-2026, the Occitanie region was in its 6th week of the influenza epidemic.

• Syndromic indicators in hospitals were stabilizing at a high level, and virological indicators were decreasing slightly.

COVID-19

• In week 02-2026, indicators were stable and at low levels in Occitanie.