In Week 18 (April 27–May 3, 2026), the final week of school vacation for Zone C, the number of emergency department visits increased among children aged 2–14 (+9%, or 5,052 visits) and remained stable in other age groups. Hospitalizations following emergency department visits were stable across all age groups.

Among children aged 2–14, there was an increase in emergency department visits for trauma (+8%, or +1,909 visits), suicide attempts (+22%, or +35 visits), and general malaise (+5%, or +25 visits).

• Among children and adults, digestive-related indicators were on the rise, with an increase in visits for:
• vomiting among children under 2 years old (+8%, or 46 more visits) and among those aged 75 and older (+7%, or 23 more visits);
• gastroenteritis in children under 2 years of age (+6%, or +88 visits) and in those aged 15–74 (+7%, or +84 visits);
• abdominal pain in children aged 2–14 (+13%, or +422 visits).

Visits for isolated fever among children aged 2–14 (+5%, or +71 visits) and adults aged 15–74 (+14%, or +110 visits) were on the rise, as were the following indicators, particularly seasonal ones:

• allergies among 2- to 14-year-olds (+14%, or +65 visits) and 15- to 74-year-olds (+12%, or +164 visits);
• insect bites among children aged 2–14 (+23%, or 25 more visits) and among those aged 15 and older (+33%, or 88 more visits);
• dehydration among those aged 75 and older (+25%, or +35 visits);
• chickenpox among children under 2 years old (+41%, or 70 more visits) and among those aged 15–74 (+28%, or 16 more visits).

All of these indicators were at levels comparable to those of previous years during the same period.