Key Points

COVID-19

Number of confirmed cases (based on Si-DEP – cases tested by RT-PCR and antigen tests)

• Number of confirmed cases in Week 5: 5,340 (6,248 in Week 4); positivity rate of 6.5% (7.5% in Week 4); incidence rate of 191.9 per 100,000 inhabitants (224.2 in Week 4)

• Variation in incidence rates by department, ranging from 141.3 per 100,000 in Yonne to 276.9 per 100,000 in Jura

• Variation in positivity rates by department, ranging from 4.9% in Nièvre to 8.8% in Jura

Urban surveillance

• SOS Médecins: 371 suspected COVID-19 cases per 10,000 medical procedures (Week 5, 416 in Week 4)

Hospital surveillance

• Oscour® Network: 348 suspected COVID-19 cases per 10,000 visits (Week 5, 416 in Week 4)

• SI-VIC: 1,723 people hospitalized, including 155 in intensive care as of 02/10/2021

• Intensive care sentinel services: 73% men, 69% aged 65 and older, and 92% with at least one comorbidity

Surveillance in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes

• Since March 1, 22,141 confirmed and probable cases among nursing home residents (including 2,091 deaths) and 11,953 confirmed and probable cases among staff

• Active transmission in long-term care facilities: still a high number of reports

• High number of deaths among nursing home residents reported over the past 3 months; a slight decrease in the number of new deaths was observed last week, with numbers remaining stable this week

Vaccination coverage among residents

• In nursing homes and long-term care facilities: 62.8% have received at least one dose

Mortality monitoring

• Mortality declined in January among those aged 65 to 84 as well as among those aged 85 and older

Virological surveillance

• In Bourgogne-Franche-Comté during week 05 (February 1–7, 2021), 5,340 people tested positive; the incidence rate was 191.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the positivity rate was 6.5%. These indicators are slightly lower than in Week 03.

• In Week 5, the positivity rate reached 8.8% in Jura, 7.9% in Haute-Saône, 6.9% in Saône-et-Loire, 6.5% in Doubs, 5.9% in Yonne, 5.7% in Côte d’Or, 5.5% in the Territoire de Belfort, and 4.9% in Nièvre (Source: SI-DEP).

Flu

Flu-related activity at SOS Médecins and emergency departments remains low. This season, due to the active circulation of SARS-CoV-2, surveillance of flu cases hospitalized in intensive care has been expanded to include severe cases of COVID-19. No flu cases have currently been reported in the region by intensive care units.

Bronchiolitis

Activity related to bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age is not at epidemic levels. Activity in emergency departments has been increasing for the past 3 weeks but remains below the trends observed in the two previous seasons.

Gastroenteritis

Activity reported by SOS Médecins for gastroenteritis remains stable compared to the previous week and has been rising slightly over the past three weeks in emergency departments. These trends remain below those observed during the previous two seasons