[ad_1]
At least 65 people died in in Japan last week because of the heat wave experienced by the country, with temperatures at historic levels, and more 22,000 people were treated in hospitals, according to official figures released today.
High temperatures have been affecting the entire country since the middle of the month and Monday reached the maximum temperature recorded so far, 41.1 degrees, in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture (central
Figures provided by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency indicate that of the 65 deaths due to causes related to the current heat wave six of them made in the Saitama Prefecture.
The source did not specify what kind of symptoms had people whose death was attributed to the heat wave of .
According to these figures, the last provided by official sources A total of 22,647 people were treated in different hospitals in the country, half of them over 65 years old.
This is the highest number of people requiring hospital care for a heat wave in ten years, when these cases began to be recorded in official records.
In addition, it is triple the number of people who required medical attention because of the high temperatures of the same period last year. the prefecture of Tokyo, the most populated of Japan, was followed last week in various hospitals 1,979 people because of the heat wave that affects the country. EFE
(I)
Source link
