An estimated 5,120 people have died from heatwave-related
causes in Germany so far this year, the country’s public health agency, the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said in its weekly report published Thursday.
According to the report, most of the deaths occurred in late
June, when the average weekly temperature was well above 20 degrees Celsius.
The RKI said that about 4,270 of the total deaths were among
people aged 75 or older. It also said more women than men died because women
make up a larger...
