Key Points

COVID-19

In Week 46, SARS-CoV-2 circulation appears to be intensifying in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Virological and hospital indicators were on the rise.

• Positivity rate (PR) and incidence rate (IR) from antigen tests on the rise

• The BA.5 sublineage has been stable and predominant since week 24; an increase in the proportion of the new BQ1.1 sublineage among sequenced tests

Acute gastroenteritis

• Activity stable at SOS Médecins and slightly increasing in hospital emergency departments

Bronchiolitis

• 6th week of the epidemic

• Activity on the rise in hospital emergency departments and at SOS Médecins

Influenza and influenza-like illness

• 1st week of the pre-epidemic phase

• Increased activity at SOS Médecins and hospital emergency departments