- 112 people died due to heat
- The number of deaths is 3 times higher than in 2022
- June 18-24 saw the highest death toll of 69
Extreme heat has caused a spate of deaths in Mexico. Now the situation is that people are forced to confine themselves at home as the threat of loo is increasing. Extreme heat has killed at least 112 people in Mexico so far this year, three times more than in 2022. Health officials have given this information. The report comes at a time when the current president claimed that some news outlets exaggerated the heat.
Number of deaths increased in 2 weeks
According to a report released late on Wednesday night by the Ministry of Health, the number of deaths due to heat has increased in the last 2 weeks. The number of deaths due to heat this year is 3 times higher than in 2022. The health ministry usually releases a report on heat deaths this week, but this time the report came late. According to the ministry, no response has been received regarding the delay in reporting heat-related deaths.
What the report says
According to the report, 69 deaths have been reported in June 18-24. Temperatures reached 40 degrees in parts of Mexico this week, and 31 heat-related deaths occurred in the country from June 11-17. Droughts and water shortages have killed more than a hundred people in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon this year.
It is worth mentioning that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed last week that reports of heat deaths were false. With this, the system launched a campaign against the media. The President said that this trend of journalism is worrying.
