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France records around 1,000 excess deaths during heatwave

France records around 1,000 excess deaths during heatwave. The Public Health France agency said Sunday that around 1,000 more deaths than expected occurred during a record-breaking heatwave that baked much of western Europe for days, adding…

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France records around 1,000 excess deaths during heatwave. The Public Health France agency said Sunday that around 1,000 more deaths than expected occurred during a record-breaking heatwave that baked much of western Europe for days, adding that 85 percent of the casualties were people aged 65 and over. The agency stressed that the figures were preliminary and were likely to be an underestimate.

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France records around 1,000 excess deaths during heatwave.Supported · Medium-high confidence
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France records around 1,000 excess deaths during heatwave.
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