Key Points

COVID-19

• In week 01-2023, the four SOS Médecins associations in the region (Nîmes, Montpellier, Perpignan, and Toulouse) recorded 31 cases of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (or 76 cases per 10,000 consultations), a decrease compared to Week 52 of 2022 (60 cases, 168 cases per 10,000 consultations).

• Weekly COVID-19 activity in emergency departments has been declining over the past three weeks at the regional level, with 207 suspected cases of COVID-19 in week 1, or 76 per 10,000 visits for the most recent period (compared to 343 suspected cases, or 168 per 10,000, in week 52-2022).

• According to data available as of January 10, 2023, at 2:00 PM, 1,709 COVID-19 cases were currently hospitalized in Occitanie, 6.3% (N=107) of whom were in critical care units (intensive care, critical care, and continuous monitoring).

Influenza

• Indicators, while still at a high level, are declining, and an epidemic peak was reached in week 51 of 2022.

• Oscour® network: visits across all age groups for a diagnosis of influenza/influenza-like illness were down compared to the previous week, throughout the region and across all age groups. In week 01-2023, 441 visits for this diagnosis were recorded, representing 1.6% of all visits (752 visits in week 52-2022). Of these visits, 21.5% resulted in hospitalization. Hospitalizations following visits for influenza/influenza-like illness accounted for 1.7% of total hospitalizations.

• SOS Médecins: Consultations for all age groups regarding influenza/influenza-like illness were down compared to the previous week across all associations. In week 01-2023, 550 consultations for this diagnosis were recorded, representing 13.5% of the overall activity of the SOS Médecins associations (627 consultations in week 52-2022).

• Sentinelles network: The incidence rate of influenza-like illness cases seen in general practice was 268/100,000 [196; 340], down from the previous week (325/100,000).

Bronchiolitis

• Oscour® network: visits and hospitalizations for a diagnosis of bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age were decreasing compared to previous weeks. In week 01-2023, 234 visits for this diagnosis in this age group were recorded, representing 16.5% of visits in this age group (403 visits in week 52-2022). Of these visits, 96 were followed by hospitalization, representing a hospitalization rate of 41.0% for this diagnosis and 39.7% of all hospitalizations in this age group.

• SOS Médecins: the number of cases diagnosed with bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age decreased compared to the previous week. In week 01-2023, 16 cases diagnosed with bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age were recorded, representing 7.0% of the overall activity of SOS Médecins associations in this age group (26 cases in week 52-2022).

Gastroenteritis and Acute Diarrhea

• Oscour® network: Gastroenteritis activity was moderate in week 01-2023. Consultations across all age groups for a diagnosis of gastroenteritis were down compared to the previous week, possibly due to a shift in consultations toward primary care. In week 01-2023, 363 visits for gastroenteritis were recorded (including 105 from patients under 5 years of age), representing 1.4% of visits (462 visits in week 52-2022).

• SOS Médecins: Gastroenteritis activity was moderate in week 01-2023. Procedures for gastroenteritis diagnoses across all age groups increased compared to the previous week. In week 01-2023, 327 procedures for this diagnosis were recorded (including 34 for patients under 5 years of age, representing 8.0%) of the overall activity of the SOS Médecins associations (195 procedures in week 52-2022).

• According to the Sentinelles network, the incidence rate of acute diarrhea cases seen in general practice was 168/100,000 [110; 226], an increase compared to the previous week (140/100,000).