An unusually intense heat wave has swept across northern India in the last four days, with some hospitals in the state of Uttar Pradesh recording a higher-than-usual number of deaths.
Dozens of deaths were recorded at hospitals there on June 15, 16 and 17.
“The number of deaths has been more than normal,” Dr. Kumar said.
He told the Press Trust of India, a news agency, that on average, eight people usually die per day.
“Most of these are natural deaths,” he told The Times in a phone interview, “most of the dead being elderly people suffering from different ailments like diabetes.”
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