OSCOUR National Newsletter, July 22, 2025
Key Points
In Week 29 (July 14–20, 2025), the number of visits remained stable for both children and adults. The number of hospitalizations following emergency room visits decreased among children (-6%, or -438 hospitalizations) and remained stable among adults.
Compared to the previous week, the number of visits continued to rise across all age groups for insect bites (+14%, or +249 visits) and allergies (+7%, or +214 visits), as well as among adults for asthma attacks (+13%, or +145 visits) and conjunctivitis (+23%, or 133 visits). In contrast, the number of visits for hyperthermia/heatstroke is down across all age groups.
There was also an increase in visits for suspected COVID-19 across all age groups (+11%, or +55 visits).
Furthermore, visits for suicidal acts increased among children (+16%, or +18 visits), remaining comparable to those observed in previous years, and among adults (+9%, or +131 visits), at a higher level than in previous years.
Finally, there was an increase among children for urinary tract infections in those under 2 years of age (+9%, or +24 visits), for skin/subcutaneous infections in those aged 2–14 (+25%, or +235 visits), and for chickenpox in those aged 15–74 (+40%, or +13 visits).
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