Key Points

• Since August 1, the Gard department has been under an orange heat wave alert issued by Météo France. This alert level will be extended to the Aude, Hérault, and Pyrénées-Orientales departments starting August 11. This alert level is expected to be extended to several other regions in Occitanie in the coming days.
• A regional analysis of emergency care utilization shows a slight increase in the iCanicule composite health indicator (which includes hyperthermia, dehydration, and hyponatremia) in hospitals through the middle of last week, within the expected range of fluctuations for this heat wave. This increase was most noticeable in the departments along the Mediterranean coast and was in line with expectations, with low case numbers.