(ANSA) - ROME, 03 JUL - The chief medical examiner of British Columbia, Lisa Lapointe, said that in the province of western Canada there are 719 sudden and unexpected deaths during this week of record heat that hit the affirmed country. An unprecedented figure, he added, explaining that it is three times higher than the average of deaths in this period, according to the Toronto Star.
Lapointe then specified that extreme weather conditions are considered a determining factor in the increase in deaths and that the figure is destined to grow.
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