The institute has estimated that 9,600 of the deaths were in the week of June 22-28.
Germany registered a record 16,300 heat-related deaths during Europe’s severe summer heatwaves, official data showed Thursday. Countries across Europe have recorded more than 30,000 excess deaths during the back-to-back heatwaves and drought scientists have blamed on man-made climate change. The German figure had increased from 15,800 deaths reported last week by the government’s Robert Koch Institute. The latest figures ran from June 1 through to August 23, one week more than the last statistics. In Germany, the largest share of heat-related deaths occurred in the over-75 age group, the public health authority said in a statement. The institute has estimated that 9,600 of the deaths were in the week of June 22-28. Promoted Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com The institute said it has collected such heat mortality data for the past decade and that the previous record was 8,900 heat-related deaths in 2018. A separate report by a medical publication had estimated 10,000 heat deaths in 1994. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
