Key Findings

• Since week 27, the number of allergy diagnoses recorded by emergency departments has remained high, with 155 weekly diagnoses in week 30, representing 1.5% of all diagnoses. Allergy-related activity at the SOS Médecins Meurthe-et-Moselle association is down, with 13 weekly diagnoses in week 30 (vs. 24 in week 29). This condition accounts for more than 1.5% of the association’s activity.

• In week 30, the weekly number of asthma diagnoses recorded remains low: 43 diagnoses made by emergency departments and 1 by the SOS Médecins Meurthe-et-Moselle association. This condition accounts for approximately 0.5% of the activity of each of these facilities.

• According to the National Aerobiological Surveillance Network (RNSA), the allergy risk from grass pollen is at a moderate level for the departments of Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle. This risk is low for the other two departments in Lorraine.

• After a sharp increase in week 27, the number of heat-related illness diagnoses recorded by the Lorraine emergency services and the SOS Médecins Meurthe-et-Moselle association is decreasing, with 49 and 8 diagnoses, respectively, in week 30. This activity accounts for less than 0.5% of the activity of Lorraine’s emergency services and 1% of the association’s activity, which is comparable to what was observed during the same period in previous years.

• Following excess mortality observed during weeks 27 and 28, the numbers observed in week 29 are within expected ranges. These figures are currently being consolidated. A comprehensive assessment of mortality linked to the heatwave that swept across France from June 29 to July 8 will be available by the end of summer.