Bronchiolitis, COVID-19, and the Flu in the Caribbean. Bulletin of October 16, 2025.

Key points

Martinique

  • COVID-19: increase in the number of clinically suggestive cases in urban areas with no impact on healthcare services; the positivity rate is slightly decreasing

  • Flu: suspected flu cases in the community have stabilized at a high level, with no impact on healthcare services

  • Bronchiolitis: few clinically suggestive cases in the community but an increase in emergency department visits; slight increase in the RSV positivity rate at Martinique University Hospital

Guadeloupe

  • COVID-19: increase in the number of clinically suggestive cases in the community; decrease in the number of emergency department visits and the hospital positivity rate

  • Flu: although the number of clinically suggestive cases is decreasing in the community, the number of emergency department visits is increasing, though not leading to hospitalization

  • Bronchiolitis: all indicators are low for the season, though there has been a slight increase in emergency room visits

Saint Martin

  • COVID-19: increase in the number of clinically suggestive cases in the community with no impact on healthcare capacity

  • Flu: all indicators are low and stable

  • Bronchiolitis: no clinically suggestive cases in the city and no visits to the emergency room

Saint Barthélemy

  • COVID-19: no clinically suggestive cases in the community or visits to the emergency room

  • Flu: no clinically suggestive cases in the community or visits to the emergency room

  • Bronchiolitis: no clinically suggestive cases in the community or in the emergency department

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