Influenza: the rise continues, but it is less marked

Last week recorded a “continued increase in all influenza indicators in all age groups but less marked” than the previous week, according to a weekly report from Public Health France.

The upward trend concerned 9 of the 13 metropolitan regions and particularly in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, which remained, with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie, among the most affected regions.

The flu epidemic, which had started early in France, had experienced a decline in January.

But she’s been gone for three weeks. In mainland France, 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.

This winter, the flu contributed to an unusual “triple epidemic” situation, with several waves of Covid as well as a particularly intense outbreak of bronchiolitis in babies.

Bronchiolitis, in decline since the end of December, continued to decline throughout France.

The epidemic ended in two new regions: Hauts-de-France and Occitanie. However, it continues in Mayotte and Reunion has entered the epidemic phase.