Key points

Bronchiolitis

• The bronchiolitis epidemic peaked in week 48.

• Both the level of activity and the number of visits to SOS Médecins were again on the decline in week 50.

• Hospital indicators (emergency departments) were also declining but remained at a high level.

• The positivity rate for RSV tested in the lab was decreasing, while the positivity rate for rhinovirus was increasing.

COVID-19

• Activity indicators for COVID-19 continued to rise in hospitals (emergency departments) and stabilized in the community (SOS Médecins).

• The number of positive laboratory tests was increasing.

• The situation was marked by the co-circulation of different Omicron variants. The BA.2.86 variant (including sublineages such as JN.1) has been the most commonly detected in the region since Week 47.

Pneumonia

• Hospital indicators (emergency departments) were decreasing, while in the community (SOS Médecins), they were increasing for children under 15 years of age.

• Levels were higher than those observed over the past two years.

Influenza

• Increase in hospital indicators (emergency departments) and in the number of influenza viruses isolated by hospital laboratories. These indicators remained at low levels.