Key Points

• In Week 49 (December 4–10, 2023), activity at SOS Médecins clinics increased among adults aged 15–74 (+7%, or +3,485 visits) and remained stable among children and those aged 75 and older.

• Regarding seasonal respiratory indicators, the increase in cases continues across all age groups, more pronounced among adults as in Week 48, at levels comparable to previous years:

  • for influenza/flu-like illness across all age groups (+25% across all ages, or +1,397 cases);

  • for suspected COVID-19 among adults and those aged 2–14 (up 21% and 7%, respectively, or 747 and 24 cases);

  • for upper respiratory tract conditions (+10%, or +1,489 cases) among adults and for acute bronchitis (+6%, or +30 cases) among those aged 75 and older only.

• Among children under 2 years of age, procedures for bronchiolitis are down (-16%); this decline was observed in the first week for children under 2 and in the second week for children under 1 year of age (-6% in week 48).

• At levels far higher than in previous years, procedures for pneumonia continue to rise among adults (+18%, or +209 procedures) but remain stable among children.

• Among other indicators, there is an increase in cases of gastroenteritis among adults and those aged 2–14 (+11%) and vomiting among children and those aged 15–74 (+7%), as well as conjunctivitis among those aged 2–14 and 15–74 (respectively +17% and +7%). There was also an increase in procedures for isolated fever among children (+17%) and for viral syndrome among adults (+13% among those aged 15–74).