Heat-related emergency room visits and calls continued to climb in New York state on Tuesday as a result of a blistering and unusually prolonged June heat wave. According to data from the state health department, heat-related emergency room visits were 631% higher than the average for a June day in the state. The 95 heat-related ER visits recorded on Tuesday were more than double the 41 visits on Monday and seven times higher than the daily average of 13.
State health officials also noted an increase in heat-related emergency services calls in recent days. While these statistics do not include New York City, city officials confirmed a rise in visits for heat-related illnesses from May to September in recent years.
