Approximately 12,500 deaths related to high temperatures have been recorded in Germany since the beginning of the season.
Modern.az reports that this was stated in the information of the Robert Koch Institute, which operates under the German Federal Ministry of Health.
According to the information, approximately 9,600 of the deaths occurred during the intense heat observed at the end of June.
People over 75 years old were most affected by the high temperatures. Experts state that elderly people, in particular, are in a risk group due to prolonged and high temperatures.
