Epidemiological surveillance in Corsica. Update as of December 16, 2020.

Key Points

COVID-19

Decline in epidemic monitoring indicators:

  • Regional incidence rate decreasing;

  • Regional testing rate slightly increasing;

  • Regional positivity rate decreasing;

  • COVID-19-related activity at the SOS Médecins association is decreasing;

  • COVID-19-related activity in emergency departments slightly decreasing;

  • Hospitalizations across all departments are decreasing;

  • no new clusters in S50.

The incidence rate, at 22 per 100,000 residents regionally, remains below the alert threshold of 50 per 100,000 residents in both departments on the island. The testing rate has increased slightly to 1,811 per 100,000 inhabitants. The positivity rate (1.3%) is decreasing and remains below the 5% vigilance threshold.

At the same time, the number of people hospitalized across all departments continues to decline.

Winter epidemics

  • Flu: stable trend.

  • Bronchiolitis: stable trend.

  • Gastroenteritis: low activity.

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