Six heat-related deaths in Cook County marks July as the deadliest month in more than a decade
<p>Six people in Cook County have died from heat-related causes in July so far, marking the deadliest stretch of extreme hot-weather deaths since at least 2015.</p><p>Victor Ferguson is the latest person to be identified who died amid the scorching heat wave earlier this month. Ferguson died July 2 from a heat stroke with ethanol intoxication as a secondary cause, according to new records from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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<p>Six people in Cook County have died from heat-related causes in July so far, marking the deadliest stretch of extreme hot-weather deaths since at least 2015.</p><p>Victor Ferguson is the latest person to be identified who died amid the scorching heat wave earlier this month. Ferguson died July 2 from a heat stroke with ethanol intoxication as a secondary cause, according to new records from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was 48.</p><p>Four of the people who died were younger than 60 years old. In all six deaths logged in Cook County so far, the high temperature ranged from 88 to 95 degrees on the early July day they either died or were hospitalized, according to an analysis of National Weather Service data by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times.
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- <p>Six people in Cook County have died from heat-related causes in July so far, marking the deadliest stretch of extreme hot-weather deaths since at least 2015.</p><p>Victor Ferguson is the latest person to be identified who died amid the scorching heat wave earlier this month. Ferguson died July 2 from a heat stroke with ethanol intoxication as a secondary cause, according to new records from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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