Excess mortality of 12,000 in the heat wave

 

TT-AFP 

Published 19:27

          

         The second half of June brought historic high temperatures in several European countries. Archive             photo. Photo: Armando Franca/AP/TT

At least 12,000 more deaths than normal were registered in nine European countries during the heat wave at the end of June, according to an analysis by the AFP news agency.

The preliminary data on excess mortality was collected from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland between June 22 and 28, and from England and Wales between June 18 and 28.

During the period, several heat records were broken in the countries.

Statistics from Euromomo, which analyzes cause of death and mortality data, show that excess mortality in 24 European countries was just over 14,000 people during the last week of June.