Influenza viruses continue to circulate actively in the West Indies (epidemic phase), indicates Public Health France, in its latest bulletin (March 30). In-city indicators for flu-like illness have remained at a high level over the past week in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
In hospitals, the type A virus remains predominant in Martinique despite a sharp drop in the number of viruses isolated over the past week while hospital activity remained high in Guadeloupe with a stable positivity rate and a predominance of the virus type B.
Covid indicators on the rise
In Saint-Martin, the number of consultations remained high in liberal medicine last week, which justifies maintaining it in the epidemic phase. Conversely, it has been very weak in Saint-Barthélemy for several consecutive weeks. The territory is no longer in the epidemic phase.
Regarding the virological indicators of Covid-19, they increased last week in Martinique and Guadeloupe, with a more marked increase in Guadeloupe. The positivity rate increased by 2.6 and 4.11% respectively in the two territories.
