Thousands of people have died in Germany in connection to the extreme up to the end of June, new figures show.
According to estimates by public health officials at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), extreme hot weather in Germany contributed to the deaths of around 5,120 people.
The report recently published by the RKI states that there were 4,310 heat-related deaths in the week of particularly hot weather from June 22nd to 28th alone.
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Even at the halfway point of the year, this figure already significantly exceeds the totals for entire previous years. Last year as a whole around 2,600 people died as a result of high temperatures.
