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        "id": 1933151,
        "msgid": "germany-records-around-14-000-heat-related-deaths-this-year-1787306116",
        "date": "2026-08-21 15:51:40",
        "title": "Germany records around 14,000 heat-related deaths this year",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Germany has recorded approximately 14,000 heat-related deaths since the start of 2026, surpassing all previous annual totals, according to the Robert Koch Institute. The elderly population, particularly those aged 75 and above, has been disproportionately affected, accounting for nearly 10,500 of the fatalities.",
        "content": "<p>Around 14,000 people have died from heat-related causes in Germany\nsince the beginning of 2026 up to 9 August, according to the Robert Koch\nInstitute (RKI), the country\u2019s leading public health authority, on\nThursday (20 August). The figure equates to nearly 17 deaths per 100,000\ninhabitants, according to the RKI\u2019s latest report on heat-related\nmortality. The number of heat-related deaths recorded so far this year\nhas already exceeded the total recorded in any previous full year. The\nprevious record was set in 2018, when around 9,000 heat-related deaths\nwere recorded, as reported by the German Press Agency (DPA). The RKI\nstated that the estimated number of heat-related deaths in Germany this\nyear continues to rise. Heatwaves pose a particularly high risk to\nelderly citizens, with excess mortality from heat surging sharply among\nthose aged 75 and above. Nearly 10,500 of the total heat-related deaths\nrecorded so far this year came from this age group.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/germany-records-around-14-000-heat-related-deaths-this-year-1787306116",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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