Key Points

• SOS-Médecins1,2: 648 consultations for flu-like illness recorded, representing 7.0% of total activity (compared to 5.1% in week 08). However, due to a data transmission issue, data has been incomplete since February 16, 2022; this indicator should therefore be interpreted with caution.

• Oscour®1: 188 emergency department visits for influenza or influenza-like illness, representing 0.7% of total activity (0.5% in week 08), of which 18% resulted in hospitalization. Nearly 60% of visits involved children under 15 years of age (70% in week 08).

• Virology data:

  • Influenza A: 8 positive samples at Bordeaux University Hospital, 14 at Limoges University Hospital, and 16 at Poitiers University Hospital, representing a regional positivity rate of 7% (8% in week 08)

  • Influenza B: no positive samples at the Bordeaux, Limoges, and Poitiers University Hospitals

• Severe influenza cases³: No new patients admitted to intensive care reported in week 09, for a total of 12 since the start of surveillance in week 40 of 2021.

• Clustered cases of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in long-term care facilities (ESMS)⁴:

  • no new outbreaks reported in week 09

  • Mortality from electronic certification5: 20 (0.15%) deaths were reported with influenza listed as the underlying condition that directly caused or contributed to the death since week 40 of 2021, a quarter of which were reported in the last two weeks.