Key Points

• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region: Since the start of the orange alert on July 12, 2022—9 departments under orange alert (Ain, Ardèche, Cantal, Drôme, Isère, Haute-Loire, Rhône, Savoie, and Haute-Savoie) and 3 departments under yellow alert (Allier, Loire, and Puy-de-Dôme).

• No increase between July 12, 2022, and July 18, 2022, in the use of emergency care among all age groups and those aged 75 and older.

• An increase between July 12, 2022, and July 18, 2022, in the proportion of SOS Médecins procedures for heatwave-related cases among all coded procedures (all ages), the proportion of emergency room visits due to heat waves among coded visits (all ages), and the proportion of hospitalizations following emergency room visits due to heat waves among coded hospitalizations (all ages).