Key Points

Flu

• Reunion Island is once again experiencing a flu epidemic (increase in emergency room visits, outpatient care, and positivity rates)

Bronchiolitis

• Increase in emergency room visits and hospitalizations.

Gastroenteritis

• Continued rise in emergency room visits due to gastroenteritis. Réunion is entering a gastroenteritis epidemic.

COVID-19

• The number of emergency department visits due to COVID-19 remained low, with visits in Week 36 remaining stable compared to the previous week (8 visits in Week 36 versus 7 in Week 35). The number of hospitalizations following emergency department visits due to COVID-19 was also low, with 3 hospitalizations in Week 36 versus 2 in Week 35.