Overview
- Santé publique France reports epidemic-level influenza activity in all metropolitan regions except La Réunion for the week ending December 28.
- Hospitals logged 18,552 emergency visits tied to flu (5.2% of activity) and 3,606 admissions that week, indicating high-intensity pressure.
- Influenza was cited on 4.1% of death certificates for the period, with nine in ten deaths among people aged 65 and over whose vaccination coverage was 44.2% as of November 30.
- Institut Pasteur estimates at least a 50% probability that the national peak occurred in the final week of 2025, while cautioning that a rebound cannot be ruled out.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine recorded a 20% weekly rise to 1,509 flu-related emergency visits with over a quarter hospitalized and flu representing 5.8% of ER activity, as authorities urge masks at symptom onset, ventilation and vaccination.