OSCOUR National Newsletter, October 8, 2019
In week 40 (September 30–October 6), overall emergency department activity and hospitalizations following visits remained stable across all age groups.
The few increases observed mainly affected children under 2 years of age, with small numbers of cases. In this age group, there was an increase in visits for acute bronchitis (+33%, or +29 visits) and bronchiolitis (+9%, or +62 visits), vomiting (+9%, or +36 visits), dehydration (+50%, or +11 visits), conjunctivitis (+32%, or +32 visits), allergies (+15%, or +21 visits), and urinary tract infections (+15%).
In other age groups, the only notable increases were in visits for isolated fever (+8%, or +90 visits) among 2- to 14-year-olds, acute bronchitis (+10%, or +113 visits) among adults, allergies (+11%, or +10 visits), and stroke (+9%, or +113 visits) among those aged 75 and older.
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