Summary

In Week 14 (April 5–11, 2021), the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations following such visits decreased among children under 15 years of age (down 22%, or -18,726 visits and -10%, or -882 hospitalizations) and among adults aged 15 and older (-4.5%, or -12,016 visits, and -4%, or -2,545 hospitalizations).

In Week 14, visits for suspected COVID-19 across all age groups and their share of total activity remained stable (12,505 vs. 12,868 visits in Week 13, a decrease of 2.8%, and 4.8% vs. 4.5% in Week 13). By age group, these visits decreased among those aged 2–14 (-25%, or 42 fewer visits) and, to a lesser extent, among those aged 75 and older (-4.5%, or 120 fewer visits); they are stable among those aged 15–74 (-2%, or -208 visits) and increasing among those under 2 years old (+10%, or +8 visits). Suspected COVID-19 is the second most common diagnosis among adults aged 15 and older. The proportion of hospitalizations following a visit across all age groups remains stable at 56%. At the regional level, visits for suspected COVID-19 are stable or declining in all regions except Corsica (+12%, or +4 visits), Guadeloupe (+44%, or +31 visits), and French Guiana (+47%, or +16 visits). Since monitoring began on February 24, 2020, 443,845 emergency department visits for suspected COVID-19 have been recorded.

In the context of school closures, all non-specific and seasonal indicators are declining among children. This is also true for adults, though to a lesser extent. Among the trends in the most common conditions, only the increase in visits for “foreign bodies” among children aged 2–14 (+6.6%, or +36 visits) stands out, as well as for chest pain and gastrointestinal conditions among those aged 15–74 (respectively +5.8% and +5.2%, or +266 and +376 visits).