COVID-19: Epidemiological Update for Brittany as of April 29, 2020

Key indicators

City-wide monitoring

  • SOS Médecins: 63 consultations for acute respiratory infections per 100,000 inhabitants (S17, 63 in S16)

  • Sentinelles Network: 77 consultations for acute respiratory infections (ARI) per 100,000 inhabitants (S17, 64 in S16)

  • LABM (in the city and 3 labs): 336 confirmed cases since the start of surveillance

Surveillance in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes

  • 286 facilities with a report that have declared 82 deaths in the facility, including 65 in the 94 facilities with a confirmed case.

Surveillance in hospitals

  • Oscour® Network: 270 visits for suspected COVID-19 (Week 17 vs. 360 in Week 16)

  • Hospital laboratories: 2,040 confirmed cases since the start of surveillance

  • Hospital wards: 393 hospitalized patients, including 52 in intensive care. Brittany is one of the regions with the lowest observed mortality rates in hospitals.

  • Sentinel intensive care units: 55% of cases aged 65 and older and 69% with at least one comorbidity.

Mortality Surveillance

  • At the regional level, no excess mortality was detected through week S16.

  • In Morbihan, excess mortality was observed in week S14 across all age groups: all ages, those aged 15–64, and those aged 65 and older.

  • No excess mortality has been detected so far in the Breton departments during weeks 15 and 16.

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