Key points

Bronchiolitis

• Epidemic phase on the rise.

• Increased activity in week 50:

  • Emergency department activity has exceeded 300 visits since Week 49 (accounting for more than 20% of visits);

  • SOS activity has remained at epidemic levels of around 25 cases since Week 47 (nearly 10% of cases);

• The epidemic peak was not reached in early December, unlike what was observed in the previous two years.

Influenza

• Epidemic phase with a slow start.

• Influenza-related activity has increased slightly in emergency departments (0.8% in W50 vs. 0.6% in W49) (Figure 4) and remains above 5% for SOS (6% in W50 vs. 7% in W49).

• Since week 25, 253 clusters of acute respiratory infections (ARI) have been reported in long-term care facilities. To date, no cluster has been attributed exclusively to influenza (vs. 23 in France).

Acute Gastroenteritis

• Activity (all ages) at SOS Médecins clinics is stable, slightly above the levels observed during the same period last year.

• Activity (all ages) in emergency departments is stable, within the low levels observed last year during the same period.

COVID-19

• The spread of SARS-CoV-2 is slowing in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The rate of confirmed cases in the region is decreasing, falling from 60.8 in Week 49 to 56.3 per 100,000 inhabitants in Week 50.

• The percentage of cases involving suspected COVID-19 among SOS Médecins associations is decreasing (6.32% vs. 8.14% in Week 1), and the rate of emergency department visits remains stable (2.05% vs. 2.20% in Week 1).

• The proportion of hospitalizations following an emergency department visit has decreased slightly (40.6% vs. 41.7% in Week 1) and primarily involves those aged 65 and older (84.8%).

• Since Week 25, 253 clusters of acute respiratory failure (ARF) cases have been reported in healthcare facilities. The majority of these were attributable exclusively to COVID-19 (86%).