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New Delhi: India recorded 67,637 suspected heat stroke cases and 374 confirmed heat stroke deaths between March and 25 July this year, the Union health ministry informed Parliament Friday...
West Bengal registered the highest number of 102 heat stroke deaths, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which recorded 52 and 37 respectively...
The data was shared as part of the national heat-related illnesses and deaths surveillance of the National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH)...
Madhya Pradesh reported the highest number of suspected heat stroke cases at 12,765, while in Rajasthan this number stood at 7,587, closely followed by Jharkhand where the administration recorded 7,585 cases...
In the national capital, the number of heat stroke cases was 539 and confirmed deaths stood at 25, the government told the Lok Sabha in response to an unstarred query by Congress MP Manickam Tagore...
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