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195% increase in deaths in BC may be due to the heatwave
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The high death toll that the extreme temperatures across BC may have caused is forcing the BC Coroners Service to make some changes.
In the last 3-5 years, the BC Coroners Service said they’ve only had 3 reported deaths that were related to heat.
“The last five days in British Columbia have seen an unprecedented number of deaths reported to the BC Coroners Service. Between Friday and 1 p.m. today, at least 486 sudden and unexpected deaths have been reported to our agency. This number is preliminary and will increase as coroners enter death reports into our system. The 486 deaths currently entered represent a 195% increase over the approximately 165 deaths that would normally occur in the province over a five-day period,” said Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe.
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