Key Points

• In Week 11 (March 13–19, 2023), SOS Médecins activity increased among children (+7%, or +2,024 visits) and remained stable among adults.

• Two weeks after the start of the school year following winter break, we observe a continued increase in procedures for children, primarily for respiratory conditions; notably, there was an increase in procedures for pneumonia (+28%, or +33 procedures), ENT conditions (+13%, or 1,649 cases), dental conditions in children under 2 years old (+21%, or 21 cases), and asthma attacks (+13%, or 51 cases), which are also on the rise among those aged 75 and older (+36%, or 16 cases).

• After a resurgence in S10, influenza is declining across all age groups. Procedures for suspected COVID-19, meanwhile, continued to rise across all age groups, with a total of 1,311 cases across all ages in Week 11 vs. 1,020 in Week 10 (+41% among children, or +44 cases, and +27% among adults, or +242 cases) for the second consecutive week, though the increase was slightly less pronounced than the previous week.

• Among other conditions, the increase continues to affect children primarily, with rises in trauma (+20%, or +106 cases), allergies (+20%, or +67 cases), and vomiting in children under 2 years of age (+14%, or +13 cases). Among adults, there were rare increases such as isolated fever among those aged 15–74 (+23%, or +49 cases) and heart failure among those aged 75 and older (+13%, or +20 cases). Finally, high levels of medical visits continue to be observed among children and adults for conjunctivitis (still on the rise, more pronounced among children at +16%) and for scarlet fever (up 13% among children).