Health Monitoring in Brittany. Update as of May 17, 2022.

Key Points

COVID-19

Decrease in the incidence rate (IR), positivity rate (PR), and testing rate (TR). The regional (gross) IR fell from 490.3 per 100
,000 inhabitants in Week 18 to 397.8 per 100,000 inhabitants in Week 19. Decrease in IRs across all four departments: -80 points in Côtes
d’Armor, -94 points in Finistère, -80 points in Ille-et-Vilaine, and -118 points in Morbihan. Decrease in
general care hospitalizations, critical care hospitalizations, and use of emergency rooms and SOS Médecins. Estimated vaccination coverage
by place of residence stands at 84.5% for one dose and 83.7% for a full course.

Acute gastroenteritis

  • Moderate activity. Activity remains high among children.

Influenza and influenza-like illness

  • Epidemic over. No cases observed among those over 75, either in emergency rooms or through SOS Médecins.

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