能登地震死者、２８２人に　関連死２２人追加、熊本地震超える

　能登半島地震の災害関連死を認定する審査会が１８日、石川県と各自治体の合同で開かれ、２２人を関連死と認定するよう答申した。正式認定されれば同地震による死者は２８２人となり、２０１６年の熊本地震の死者数（２７６人）を超えることになった。
　審査会の開催は、５月に続き２回目。医師と弁護士計５人の委員により、七尾市３人、輪島市２３人の計２６人について審査が行われ、継続審査となった輪島市の４人を除き、地震との因果関係が認められた。能登地震の関連死はこれで５２人となる。（2024/06/18-20:04）

The death toll from the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1 is likely to exceed that from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, it was learned Tuesday.
   At a joint meeting of the Ishikawa government and affected municipal governments in the central Japan prefecture, the official recognition of 22 post-disaster deaths was proposed.
   If they are formally recognized as indirectly related to the 7.6-magnitude earthquake, the death toll will climb to 282 to top the Kumamoto quake's 276.
   At the second joint meeting, five member doctors and lawyers examined 26 deaths, including three in the city of Nanao and 23 in the city of Wajima. As a result, they found that 22 were indirectly caused by the quake while leaving the remaining four in Wajima to be discussed again.
   So far, there have been 30 officially recognized post-disaster fatalities.