By SÉGOLÉNE LE STRADIC Roughly 1,000 excess deaths were reported in France between Wednesday and Saturday as temperatures in the country rose to their highest recorded levels, according to Santé Publique France, the national public health agency. Excess deaths were particularly high in the west and center of the country, according to the agency, which compared the average daily death toll with that of the previous two months. Eighty-five percent of the dead were aged 65 or older, though…
