Key Points

• Météo-France has placed 9 departments (86% of the region’s resident population) under an orange heat wave alert between July 29, 2020, and August 1, 2020, in the region.

• Total healthcare utilization: Increase between July 29, 2020, and August 1, 2020, in SOS Médecins calls for all causes (ages 75 and older and all ages).

• Healthcare utilization for the iCanicule1 composite indicator: Increase between July 29, 2020, and August 1, 2020, in the proportion of SOS Médecins calls for iCanicule among coded calls (ages 75 and older and all ages), in the proportion of emergency department visits for iCanicule among coded visits (ages 75 and older and all ages), and in the proportion of hospitalizations following emergency department visits for iCanicule among coded hospitalizations for those ages 75 and older and all ages.