Across Europe, as well as Spain, the recent heat wave has had a severe impact. Over a thousand people have died in the country in the last one month due to extreme heat.
The Spanish government announced this information in a statement on Wednesday. This information was informed in a press release of the Ministry of Health of Spain, In June alone, 1,028 people died due to extreme temperatures. Previously, only in June 2017, such deaths were reported in Spain.
According to official data, Of those who died of heat stroke, 1,022 were age 65 or older. Among them, 720 people are over 85 years old.
On the other hand, According to a statement from Spain’s Ministry of Health, only one death was recorded in a person under the age of 15. Most deaths occurred in the Mediterranean and northern regions, Because the inhabitants of this region of the country are not used to such long heat.
See as a region c‘The highest number of deaths occurred in Catalonia, j‘218 people have died in the country.
Note that, In Spain, only in 2015 did the process of storing official data on heat-related deaths begin. The latest figures are now worrying the world as well as the Spanish government.