new data Maricopa County researchers revealed that through the week ending Aug. 10, heat has killed or contributed to 96 deaths so far this year.

Of the 96 confirmed deaths, 57 were due to fever and 39 were reported to be due to fever.

Maricopa County defines fever as “a case in which heat or exposure to heat is listed in Part I of the cause of death on the death certificate (a disease or condition in the immediate sequence of causing death).”

Contributing fever means that heat exposure is listed in Part II of the cause of death (Diseases and conditions that contribute to but are not a direct result of) on the death certificate, but the This is defined as a case not listed in any of the above.

compared to this time last yearThere have been 89 confirmed heat-related or heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, with 525 still under investigation.

Currently, some of Phoenix’s employees are ask your employer Please do more to protect them from extreme heat.