Mexico's Health Secretariat recorded 9 deaths, attributed to the country's second heat wave, in the most recent weekly epidemiological surveillance report, from May 5 to 11.
The research highlighted that in the last 24 hours of the recorded period, the maximum temperature in the city of Monclova, in Coahuila, a state in northern Mexico, was 45.9 ºC.
About 84% of deaths correspond to heatstroke and occurred in the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí and Veracruz, according to the report.
Eight of the deaths were recorded on May 9. On that date, the National Meteorological Service predicted maximum temperatures exceeding 45 ºC for much of the country.
The report for the week of April 28 to May 4 had recorded three deaths associated with extreme temperatures.
The Mexican Health Secretariat highlighted that the information should be considered “preliminary, as it is subject to change”.
Source: CNN Brasil
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