Key Points

• In Week 36 (September 1–7, 2025), compared with the previous week, the number of emergency department visits increased among children aged 2–14 (+9%, or 4,447 visits) and remained stable in other age groups. Hospitalizations following emergency department visits increased among children under 15 (+11%, or +711 hospitalizations) and remained stable among adults.

• In Week 36, the first week of the new school year, visits related to respiratory symptoms continued to rise among children, particularly those aged 2–14. Notable increases were observed for:

  • ENT infections (+10%, or +437 visits);

  • asthma, more pronounced among 2- to 14-year-olds compared to children under 2 (respectively +119% and +65%, or +663 and +93 visits);

  • bronchiolitis in children under 1 year of age (+33%, or 63 visits);

  • suspected COVID-19 infection, with numbers comparable to previous years, among children under 15 (+25%, or 73 visits), and among those aged 75 and older (+9%, or 23 visits).

• Among other indicators, there was an increase in visits among children for abdominal pain (+6%, or +133 visits), headaches/dizziness (+11%, or +81 visits), and allergies (+10%, or +66 visits); there was also an increase in visits for suicide attempts (+18%, or +22 visits).

• Among children under 2 years of age only, there was an increase in visits for urinary tract infections (+10%, or 29 visits) and general malaise (+12%, or 19 visits), and among those aged 2–14, for trauma (+15%, or 2,667 visits).Among those aged 15–74, there was an increase in visits for conjunctivitis (+8%, or +35 visits).