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Over 40,000 cases of suspected heatstroke in India
Updated On: 21 June, 2024 07:25 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
“The data visible may not be final submission from states. So the numbers are expected to be higher than this,” an official source said
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People cover their faces for protection from heat in New Delhi. Pic/PTI
The unrelenting heatwave sweeping large parts of the country has claimed at least 110 lives and left over 40,000 people grappling with suspected heatstroke between March 1 and June 18 this year, Health ministry sources said on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh is the worst-affected having reported 36 deaths followed by Bihar, Rajasthan and Odisha, according to the data compiled under the National Heat-Related Illness and Death Surveillance by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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