Key Points

COVID-19

• SARS-CoV-2 viral circulation continues to rise in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; the increase is broadly comparable to that of last week, against a backdrop of increased testing. This trend is accompanied by a rise in the positivity rate (+4.6 percentage points). The regional incidence rate is higher than the national rate (600 vs. 470 per 100,000 inhabitants). This upward trend is observed in all departments.

• The number of new hospitalizations continues to rise.

Bronchiolitis

• The number of calls handled by SOS Médecins is down slightly this week and is in line with the figures observed during the same period in the two previous seasons.

• The number of emergency room visits has been rising for the past three weeks, and the rate of emergency room visits currently exceeds that of the two previous seasons during the same period.