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At least 65 people died in Japan l last week by the heat of suffered by the country, with temperatures at historical levels, and more than 22,000 people were treated in hospitals according to official figures released today.
The high temperatures affect the entire country from the middle of the month and this Monday the maximum temperature has been reached so far, 41.1 degrees, in the Kumagaya City, in Saitama Prefecture (center).
Figures provided by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency indicate that 65 people died for reasons related to the current heat wave, six of them l & # 39; In Saitama Prefecture
The source did not specify what kind of symptoms people whose death had been attributed to the heat wave
According to these figures, the last 22,447 people were treated in various hospitals of the country, half of them being over 65 years old.
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This is the largest number of people who needed hospital care for a heat wave in ten years, when these cases began to be recorded in official registers.
In addition, it is triple the number of people they required medical care because of the high temperatures of the same period last year
Only in the Tokyo Prefecture, the most populated of Japan, were treated last week in different hospitals people because of the heat wave that affects the country
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