Last week, Public Health France warned of “a rebound in the epidemic” of influenza. This Wednesday, in his weekly report, the public health agency notes a “continued increase in all influenza indicators in all age groups”. However, an increase “less marked” than the previous week but still driven by the virus type B and Victoria.
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Nationwide, during the week of February 6-12, 5,171 emergency room visits for flu-like illness have been recorded. That is 11% more than the previous week. THE hospitalizations after passing through the emergency services also increased: 776, or +17% compared to the end of January/beginning of February. As to incidence rate (number of new cases) consultations for flu-like illness, it stands at 174 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, an indicator up 21% compared to the previous week.
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The upward trend concerned 9 of the 13 metropolitan areas, and particularly Occitania, which remained, along with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, among the most affected regions. Currently, 11 of the 13 metropolitan areas are classified as epidemic phase. Only Normandy and Hauts-de-France appear in the “post-epidemic” phase during which the end of the epidemic is possible in the short term.