The French government said Tuesday that seven people were reported to have died in connection to the recent heatwave baking much of western Europe, five of which were drownings, AFP reported.
“What I can say today is that there have been seven deaths directly or indirectly related to the heat,” government spokesperson Maud Bregeon told television broadcaster TF1.
Bregeon added that the figures and specific causes of death would need “to be clarified once the episode we are currently experiencing has come to an end”.
