Key Points

• The Centre-Val de Loire region is currently experiencing a heat wave, with Météo-France issuing a yellow alert for July 16 and an orange alert for all departments. For July 17 and 18, the alert level has been raised to orange across the region’s six departments.

• Total healthcare utilization: no increase between July 17 and July 18 in emergency care visits among all age groups and those aged 75 and older.

• Healthcare utilization for the iCanicule composite indicator: an increase between July 17, 2022, and July 18, 2022, in the proportion of emergency room visits coded as iCanicule among all coded visits (all ages and those aged 75 and older).