Key Points

In Week 21 (May 19–25, 2025), the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations following such visits remained stable across all age groups compared to the previous week.

Among the indicators analyzed, there was an increase in emergency department visits for:

• asthma among 2- to 14-year-olds (+17%, or +280 visits) and among 15- to 74-year-olds (+21%, or +235 visits);

• ENT conditions in children (+10%, or +659 visits);

• coughs among 2- to 14-year-olds (+20%, or +67 visits) and among 15- to 74-year-olds (+6%, or +34 visits);

• allergies among children under two years old (+13%, or +19 visits) and among those aged 75 and older (+16%, or +16 visits).

Among digestive conditions, there was a slight increase in visits for vomiting among children, particularly those under two years of age (+9%, or +36 visits), and among those aged 75 and older (+6%, or +19 visits). A slight increase in visits for nonspecific abdominal pain was also observed among 2- to 14-year-olds (+5%, or +176 visits).

Among children under two years of age, there was also an increase in visits for isolated fever (+10%, or +134 visits) and urinary tract infections (+12%, or +36 visits).

An increase in visits for COVID-19 was observed among adults, though still at low levels and involving small numbers of patients: +25% (41 more visits) among those aged 15–74, and +32% (44 more visits) among those aged 75 and older.