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Deaths in Italy rose by 21% due to heat and COVID-19

In the first half of July, 733 deaths were reported in 33 Italian cities monitored. | Font: AFP

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Italy in the first two weeks of July, a 21% increase in the death rate traditionally recorded at that time as a result of temperature rise as well as the spread of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.

The report highlights that there were 733 deaths in the 33 Italian cities monitored in the first half of July, but also indicates that there were 9% more deaths in June. deaths than usual this month.

Heat wave

May 2022 temperature they were +3.2 degrees higher than the national average, with higher values ​​especially in the cities of central Italy, and temperatures were 3°C warmer in June, according to the Ministry of Health.

Between the end of June and the first week of July, peaks temperature the maximum reached 37 and 40 degrees.

Health authorities will conduct a more thorough investigation later in the summer to determine if the number of deaths is in line with figures in other European countries and establish “with greater accuracy the excess mortality associated with temperature” and other causes such as the coronavirus. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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