The first six days of the second heat wave this yearbetween July 10 and 15, were recorded in Spain 360 deaths attributable to extreme temperaturesaccording to him MoMo surveillance system of Carlos III Institute that monitors increases in weather-related mortality.
On Sunday the 10th, the first official day of heat wave, 15 deaths were recorded in Spain due to high temperatures. Is number was growing with the passing of days, as the heat wave has been setting in across the country. Thus, on the 11th there were up to 28 deaths for this reason, according to MoMo records.
On the 12th day, deaths due to high temperatures rose to 41; on the 13th, the deaths were 60, and on the 14th, the heat wave resulted in a total of 93 deaths. The next day, on July 15, deaths skyrocketed to a total of 123. That is the latest data collected by the monitoring statistic of daily mortality due to excess temperature.
If you compare the figures of the last six days with those of the previous days at high temperatures, the difference is evident: On day 9, the deaths registered by this surveillance system were 8 and on the immediately preceding days 5.
So far in July, deaths attributable to extreme temperatures have risen to 387, while in Junewhen the first heat wave of this year took place, the number of deaths from this cause was 830, the highest number of the year. Altogether, between Both months add up to a total of 1,217 deaths due to high temperatures.
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In most of these cases, according to the data, It’s about older people (65 years and older) who suffer from a decompensation of their health due to extreme heat. Although these situations also arise in the opposite case, when they are very cold times. Not in vain, in the months of January and Februarythe number of deaths due to temperatures also shot up compared to usual, adding a total of 910 deaths from low temperatures.
During the rest of the year, deaths attributable to weather are reduced to a range between 30 and 70, depending on the month. The exception was the past October when zero deaths were recorded attributable to extreme temperatures. So far this year, the number of deaths from extreme temperatures is 2,302.