Sonora recorded 22 heat-related deaths during the current summer season, with a fatality rate of 7.4% among the 295 cases reported so far. The state remains the nation’s leading state in cases and deaths from this cause.
According to the Ministry of Health’s Weekly Epidemiological Report, as of August 23, 259 cases of dehydration and 36 cases of heat stroke had been reported, of which 22 were fatal.
The deaths, the state report stated, occurred solely in men between the ages of 15 and over 60. Sixteen of them were residents of Hermosillo, and the rest were recorded in San Miguel de Horcasitas, Arizpe, Cajeme, Empalme, Navojoa, and Puerto Peñasco, with one case in each municipality.
In total, 218 men and 77 women between the ages of 0 and over 60 were affected. Hermosillo was the most affected municipality, accounting for 54% of the state’s cases, with 162 affected people.
Other municipalities with reports were Caborca, with 40 cases; San Luis Río Colorado, with 33; Cajeme, with 11; and Guaymas and Puerto Peñasco, with 10 each.
Ures, with seven; Nogales, with three; and Aconchi, Fronteras, Magdalena, Etchojoa, and Agua Prieta, with two each. Additionally, Huépac, Soyopa, Arizpe, San Miguel de Horcasitas, Ímuris, Benito Juárez, Empalme, Huatabampo, and Navojoa each reported one case.
Compared to 2024, when there were 342 cases and 35 deaths in the same week, this year there was a 14% decrease in cases and a 37% decrease in deaths.
Source: elimparcial
