Key Points

COVID-19

• Significant increase in visits to community emergency clinics and, to a lesser extent, to hospital emergency departments.

Extreme heat, heat wave

• The heat wave alert has been lifted since September 15, 2024.

• Indicators are close to previous years’ values for this period, excluding the heat wave.

Pneumonia

• Respiratory illness activity is consistent with levels observed over the past two years during the same period for hospital emergency departments, and slightly higher for community-based emergency services.

Asthma

• A very sharp increase in emergency room visits and SOS Médecins consultations compared to week 36, as is typically observed during the back-to-school period, but more significant than in the past two seasons.

Allergies

• Increase in the number of emergency room visits for allergies in week 37.

• Decrease in the number of SOS Médecins consultations for allergies.