Public Health Monitoring in Corsica. Bulletin dated November 4, 2026.

Key Points

Arboviral Diseases 

  • Two imported cases of dengue fever in Corsica and two locally acquired cases of West Nile virus infection (one in each department on the island) have been reported since May 1.

Acute Respiratory Infections

  • Influenza and influenza-like illnesses: baseline level, very low activity, with a slight increase reported by SOS Médecins.
  • Bronchiolitis: 
    • Baseline level, low case numbers. Rhinovirus circulating in Corsica as well as on the mainland. 
    • One region on the mainland (Île-de-France) has entered the pre-epidemic phase for bronchiolitis.
  • COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 is actively circulating on the island, as on the mainland, with emergency department activity reaching the levels seen in the previous two years.

Mortality

  • No unusual trends in the number of deaths from all causes in the region, whether in civil registry data (S43) or electronic death certification data (S44).

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