EuroMOMO does not publish excess deaths per individual country, but it noted that France and Belgium were the only two countries in Europe to log “very high excess” mortality in the last week of June.

BRUSSELS — European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heat wave that engulfed the west of the continent...

The vast majority — more than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above.