The cumulative number of people with heat illness exceeded 1,000...The worst heat wave is 12 days earlier than in 2018
Jul 09, 2025
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On the 8th alone, the number of people with heat-related diseases exceeded 200, the first time in seven years since August 3, 2018 (229 people).
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Seoul (based on the Seoul Meteorological Observatory in Jongno-gu) rose to 37.8 degrees at 3:09 p.m. on the 8th, and many regions recorded the highest temperature in early July (1-10).
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 9th, a total of 238 people (including one death) visited 516 emergency rooms nationwide the previous day. This month, the number of people with heat-related diseases gradually increased every day after 43 on the 4th, increasing to 105 on the 7th, and doubling on the 8th. Since the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the thermal disease monitoring system on May 15, the cumulative total of 1,228 people with thermal diseases has exceeded 1,000.
From May 20, the start date of last year's monitoring, the number of heat-related diseases this summer was 1,212, 2.5 times that of the same period last year (486 people). Compared to 2018 (1012 as of July 20), the cumulative number of patients exceeded 1,000 days earlier.
In addition, eight deaths of heat-related diseases have occurred so far this summer, including one in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do, the day before. The figure is nearly three times higher than last year's figure of three.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 238 people (145 males and 93 females) died of heat illness from the monitoring system in 2011 until last year, of which 156 or 65.5% were aged 60 or older. By gender, 77.2% of the patients with heat illness this summer were men (948), and 3 out of 10 patients were aged 65 or older (33.6%).
By disease, heat exhaustion (57.1%) accounted for the majority of the total, and outdoor (81.1%) such as workplaces (28.7%) and rice fields (14.4%) were overwhelmingly common.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
