ABOUT 100 people have died in three days due to heat-related causes as parts of India reel under soaring summer temperatures.

Most deaths have been reported from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where 54 people have died since Thursday in one district alone.

In the eastern state of Bihar, 44 people died in 24 hours, according to a report on the India Today website.

Twenty-three patients died on Thursday, 20 on Friday, and 11 yesterday in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district hospital and 400 have been hospitalised due to heat-related problems.

“There’s such a rush at the district hospital that patients are unable to get stretchers, and many attendants are carrying their patients to the emergency ward on their shoulders,” according a media report.

The mercury touched 40C in most regions of Uttar Pradesh today, with some districts recording temperatures above 44C.

Peak summer temperatures in some places, including Delhi, Rajasthan and Haryana, often reach mid-40C in the months of May and June. – Bernama, June 18, 2023.