Key Points

Flu

• Reunion Island is experiencing a flu epidemic (increase in emergency room visits, sentinel physician activity, and positivity rate)

Bronchiolitis

• Slight decrease in emergency room visits

Gastroenteritis

• Reunion Island is experiencing a gastroenteritis outbreak (stable emergency room visits and sentinel physician activity, decrease in hospitalizations)

COVID-19

• The number of emergency department visits due to COVID-19 remained low, with visits in Week 39 remaining stable compared to the previous week (8 visits in Week 39 vs. 9 in Week 38)

• The number of hospitalizations following an emergency department visit due to COVID-19 was also low, with only 5 hospitalizations in Week 39 versus 6 in Week 38