OSCOUR National Newsletter, June 17, 2025

Key Points

  • In Week 24 (June 9–15, 2025), compared with the previous week, the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations following emergency department visits remained stable across all age groups.

  • Among adults and children, there was an increase in visits for isolated fever (+12%, or +537 visits), allergies (+9%, or +225 visits), and insect bites (+62%, or +473 visits).

  • Among 2- to 14-year-olds, there was an increase in cases of gastroenteritis (+9%, or +154 visits) and hyperthermia/heatstroke (298 visits compared to 55 visits the previous week) in numbers comparable to previous years. Among children, there was an increase in conjunctivitis (+10%, or +38 visits), meningitis in small numbers (+73%, or +11 visits), as well as an increase in visits for chickenpox among children under 2 years of age (+16%, or +20 visits).

  • Among adults, there was an increase in visits for gastroenteritis (+9%, or +126 visits), dehydration (+53%, or +122 visits), hyperthermia/heatstroke (+192 visits), and COVID-19 (+20%, or +82 visits). Among those aged 15–74, there was also an increase in visits for vomiting (+6%, or +57 visits), cough (+13%, or +41 visits), renal colic (+6%, or +227 visits), and trauma (+5%, or +3,033 visits). There was also an increase in visits for suicide attempts among those aged 45–64 (+6%, or 20 visits) and among those aged 65 and older (+10%, or 16 visits). Among those aged 75 and older, there was an increase in visits for general malaise (+8%, or +362 visits) and ENT conditions (+6%, or +10 visits).

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