Key Points

As of July 21, Météo France has placed two departments under an orange heat wave alert (Bouches-du-Rhône and Var) and two departments under a yellow alert (Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse).

A regional analysis of emergency care utilization shows:

• an increase in emergency room visits for the iCanicule composite health indicator from July 15 to 17, followed by a decline on July 20 to a level that remained high.
• an increase in SOS Médecins medical procedures for this indicator between July 15 and 18, followed by a decline.