Key Points

• Since the start of the alert (orange/red) on August 18, 2023—ending August 27, 2023—10 departments are under a red alert and 3 departments are under an orange alert.

• Increase between August 18, 2023, and August 27, 2023, in SOS Médecins calls for all causes (all ages).

• Increase between August 18, 2023, and August 27, 2023, in the proportion of hospitalizations following heatwave-related visits among coded hospitalizations (all ages), in the proportion of hospitalizations following heatwave-related visits among heatwave-related visits (all ages), the proportion of emergency department visits due to heatwave among coded visits (all ages).