Key points

4 departments under an orange heat wave alert and 4 departments under a yellow heat wave alert

Since the start of the heat wave: a gradual increase in emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses.

For yesterday (August 2):

• 25 visits to emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses; these visits mainly involved adults aged 45 and older (80%). The majority of these emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses were followed by hospitalization (76%).

• Two SOS Médecins consultations for heat-related illnesses were reported in the Rhône and Isère departments.