SPAIN IS EXPERIENCING HOTTEST AND DEADLIEST SUMMER IN 20 YEARS

  • 27/08/2022

The summer of 2022 was not only the hottest ever in Spain, but also the deadliest year in 20 years, with thousands of people dying of heat-related causes in addition to the high number of deaths linked to Covid-19.

The latest report issued by the Carlos III Institute of Health's Daily Death Monitoring System said on Thursday that the heat wave that lasted from July 9 to July 26 in which temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in many places was responsible for 2,223 out of 11,264 deaths. Registered in July. Last summer, the two numbers in question were 568 and 2385, respectively.

"People most at risk are the very young, the very old or those with a chronic disease that prevents them from drinking enough fluids or Those who cannot avoid heat, for example, because of a mobility problem or because they are too obese in a way that can put them at risk.”

He added, "The most worrying thing from a public health point of view is exposure to classic heat stroke, which generally affects people who are unable to regulate their body temperature due to a chronic disease, which is something we see primarily in the elderly or in very young children." .

The Spanish Ministry of Health reported 3,795 COVID-19-related deaths between July 1 and August 14, bringing the total number of deaths from the novel coronavirus disease pandemic in the country to 111,906.

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