France records 1,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave

PARIS — France has recorded 1,000 excess deaths during the blistering heatwave sweeping Europe, the public health agency said on Sunday, warning that the true figure was likely to be higher. Detailing its preliminary count of excess deaths, Sante Publique said most of the fatalities involved older people and that it expected the mortality rate to rise as more […] The post France records 1,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave appeared first on Interaksyon.