Some 400 heat deaths in Netherlands’ hottest week ever

Over 400 more people died in the Netherlands last week, during the hottest week since temperature measurements started, than in the weeks before, Statistics Netherlands reported on Friday. The recorded coronavirus related deaths were low, so the excess mortality "is thus almost entirely attributable to the higher temperatures", the stats office said.Submitted by Janene Pieters on Friday, 21 August 2020 - 07:32 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/21/400-heat-deaths-netherlands-hottest-week-ever