Key Points

Monitoring of regional indicators for week 2016-04 shows that influenza-related activity continued to rise in Normandy, both in private practice and in hospitals. The region is now in the epidemic phase of seasonal influenza, in line with trends observed nationwide. This increase could continue in the coming weeks.Nationally, the epidemic threshold was exceeded in mainland France and in most regions during week 2016-04. Type B viruses are predominant.