Summary

In Week 04 (January 19–26, 2020), total emergency department activity and hospitalizations following visits continued to rise among children under 15 years of age (+8% for visits, or 7,312 more visits, and +10% for hospitalizations among children under 2 years of age, or 396 more hospitalizations) and remained stable among adults.

Over the past week, the main trend was an increase in visits for respiratory conditions: influenza/flu-like illness (+73% among children and +47% among adults, representing 1,396 and 722 visits, respectively); for other respiratory conditions, particularly among children, increases ranged from +12% for asthma to +30% for bronchitis.
Also worth noting is an increase in visits for bronchiolitis among children under 2 years of age (+15%, or 328 visits). Regarding the flu, with the exception of Normandy, all metropolitan regions are experiencing an epidemic, and the epidemic is beginning in the French West Indies. In addition, there has been an increase in visits among children and those aged 15–74 for isolated fever (+19%, or 801 visits) and conjunctivitis among those aged 15–74 (+12%, or 66 visits).

The number of visits for gastroenteritis among adults continues to decline but remains higher than in the previous two years during this period.