Key Points

The heat wave in the Pays de la Loire region ended on July 20, 2016 (Figure 1).

As of July 19, 2016, in the departments under an orange alert, the number of visits with a heat-related diagnostic code was down compared to July 18, 2016.

In the Loire-Atlantique department, heat-related conditions diagnosed by Sos Médecins doctors were down compared to July 18, 2016. In the same department, a heat-related death was reported to the ARS involving a young construction worker.