The number of cases this week was 3.5 times higher than in the last week.
South Korea has seen a surge in the number of days with scorching heat, leading to a rapid increase in cases of heat-related illnesses.
The KDCA added that 16.3 per cent of the total number of heat-related illnesses reported since it first started monitoring such cases in 2024 came from the past three days. Since May 20, the agency has seen up to 759 cases of heat-related illnesses. By illness, heat exhaustion accounted for the largest share of cases, at 54.4 per cent, followed by heat stroke, heat cramps and heat syncope.
Due to the high humidity levels, temperatures across most of South Korea felt as intense as 35 deg C, prompting heatwave warnings to be issued nationwide from July 24 until July 26. The country’s heatwave warnings have four levels of intensity: attention, caution, alert and serious.
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