A sixth person has died almost a week after Melbourne was hit by an unprecedented thunderstorm asthma outbreak.
The patient, who had been in a critical condition, died in an Eastern Health hospital on Saturday night as a result of thunderstorm asthma causing other “medical complications”, a hospital spokeswoman said.
“There have now been six deaths that may have occurred as a result of conditions relating to the thunderstorm asthma events on Monday,” the health department said in a statement on Sunday.
Monday’s asthma storm overwhelmed emergency services and hospitals.
Paramedics dealt with an unprecedented 1,900 emergency calls in five hours on Monday evening as the phenomenon swept the state.
At one point there were 140 code one cases occurring at the same time. Melbourne hospitals across Monday and Tuesday treated more than 8,500 patients.
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