Madrid: Spain's daily mortality monitoring system estimated that 2,635 people have died so far this summer due to high temperatures, nearly half of them a total of 1,149 during the heatwave that began on Aug. 3 and ended yesterday.
According to Jordan News Agency, the system, operated by the National Center for Epidemiology, said heat-related deaths have risen by 40% compared to the same period last year. It added that during the final week of the heatwave, more than 100 deaths were being recorded each day.