→ Gastroenteritis: Burgundy more affected than Franche-Comté
Consultations in general medicine linked to gastroenteritis increased sharply during the Christmas week, with 289 consultations for acute diarrhea per 100,000 inhabitants, according to estimates by the Sentinels network, Against 177 the previous week.
The regions most affected are Grand Est, Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
In Bourgogne, the north of the Nièvre, the south of the Yonne and the center of the Côte-d’Or are the most affected areas, with a frequency of 300 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Same situation in Franche-Comté, for the south of the Jura and the Territoire-de-Belfort. Only Haute-Saône has so far been relatively spared.
→ Flu: it will come …
Six regions of metropolitan France out of 13 are in situation “pre-epidemic” for influenza, compared to four the previous week, according to Public health France. it’s about the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Brittany, Ile-de-France, Occitanie, Pays de la Loire and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
“The proportion of influenza-like illness among SOS Doctors’ consultations is also slightly increasing”, at 3.7% instead of 3.5%, specifies the health agency.
Each year, seasonal flu affects 2 to 6 million people. Last winter, the epidemic had resulted in lower mortality than the average of previous years, but still significant, given its short duration, with approximately 8,100 deaths estimated during the two months of epidemic phase.
Finally, the bronchiolitis epidemic is underway in all metropolitan areas since the week of December 9, 2019.
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