The heat of the cauldron increased the number of deaths from heat-related diseases by two...Heat-related patients, 83% from last year ↑

Jul 07, 2025

The heat of the cauldron increased the number of deaths from heat-related diseases by two...Heat-related patients, 83% from last year ↑
◇ According to the Daegu Meteorological Administration, Daegu recorded a maximum temperature of 37.3 degrees as of 2 p.m. on the 7th. A citizen is covering his face with a scarf in Buk-gu, Daegu, on the morning of the 7th. Yonhap News



As the heat wave continues, with the first heat wave warning issued across Seoul on the 7th, the number of heat-related illnesses and deaths is increasing.

The issuance of a heat wave warning issued when the maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius continues for more than two days or major damage is expected from the heat is 18 days earlier than last year (July 25), when the 'worst heat in history' hit.

Heat illness is an acute disease caused by fever and is usually accompanied by symptoms such as headache, dizziness, muscle cramps, and fatigue. If you don't take action on time, you may experience a decline in consciousness and your life may be in danger. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke, commonly called sunstroke, are typical.




According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 59 people visited the emergency room due to thermal diseases nationwide on the 6th, and two of them died. There is one person each in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, and Yeongdeok, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and it is presumed to be a heat stroke.

Since the operation of the thermal disease monitoring system for 517 emergency rooms at medical institutions nationwide from May 15, the cumulative total of 875 people with thermal diseases and 7 deaths have been recorded until the previous day. The number from May 20, the start date of last year's monitoring, is 859, which is 390 (83.2%) more than 469 in the same period last year. The estimated number of deaths from heat diseases also more than doubled compared to three during the same period last year.

Meanwhile, more than half of the patients, 54.6%, were heat exhaustion this year, followed by heat stroke with 20.1%, heat cramps with 13.7%, and heat fainting with 9.8%. The elderly and the weak were particularly vulnerable, and 33.3% of all patients were 65 years of age or older. Outdoor workplaces accounted for 25.6% of the places where heat diseases occurred, followed by 16.6% in paddy fields and 14.1% on the side of the road.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.