Summary

In Week 13 (March 29–April 4, 2021), total activity at SOS Médecins clinics decreased among 2- to 14-year-olds (-5%, or -1,026 visits) and increased among children under 2 years old (+5%, or +292 visits) and those aged 15 and older (+3%, or +1,189 visits).

In Week 13, medical procedures for suspected COVID-19 across all age groups remained stable, following three consecutive weeks of increases. In total, 3,888 cases were recorded (vs. 3,969 cases in Week 12; a decrease of 2%), and the share of total activity across all age groups also remained stable at 5.5% (versus 5.7% in Week 12). By age group, these procedures are down among 2- to 14-year-olds (-9%, or -63 procedures), stable among 15- to 74-year-olds (-2%, or -46 procedures), and up—albeit with small sample sizes—among children under 2 years old (+8%, or +4 procedures) and those aged 75 and older (+12%, or +20 procedures).

Suspected COVID-19 is the second most common diagnosis among those aged 15–74 and the fourth most common among those aged 2–14. At the regional level, medical procedures for suspected COVID-19 are stable or declining in most regions except in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (+24%, or +26 procedures), Grand-Est (+10%, or 33 more procedures), Normandy (+11%, or 24 more procedures), and PACA (+7%, or 26 more procedures). Since monitoring began on March 3, 2020, 202,056 procedures for suspected COVID-19 have been performed.

Among seasonal conditions, across all age groups, there was an increase in cases of allergies (+33% among children and +54% among adults) and asthma (+12% among 2- to 14-year-olds and +34% among 15- to 74-year-olds). Specifically among children, there was an increase in medical visits for bronchiolitis (+13% among children under 2) and pneumonia (+14%, or +78 visits), both at levels significantly higher than in previous years, as well as for chickenpox (+22%, or +100 visits) and conjunctivitis (+38% among 2- to 14-year-olds). There was also an increase in cases of bronchitis among children under 2 years old (+8%, or 29 more cases) and those aged 15–74 (+8%, or 82 more cases).

Finally, among the most common conditions, there was an increase in procedures for urinary tract infections (+35%), falls (+20%), and heart failure (+20%) among those aged 75 and older.