Heat killed 7 last week in Washington area

Seven people are dead as a result of last week’s record-breaking heat wave that gripped the Washington area. Officials said Thursday that four people died in the District from heat-related causes last week, two died in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County and one person was killed by the heat in Northern Virginia.

The heat was a factor in the deaths of 11 people in Maryland last week — and in 21 deaths in the state so far this year. Every victim has had underlying health conditions, according to Karen Black of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.