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Members of the German Life Saving Society (DLRG) ride in a lifeboat during an exercise.
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At least 47 people drowned in North Rhine-Westphalia last year.
This means that the number of fatal swimming accidents in the most populous federal state is declining, contrary to the national trend, as the German Life Saving Society announced on Thursday.
In 2022, it recorded 56 deaths in swimming accidents in water bodies and swimming pools in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Hanover/Düsseldorf - At least 378 people drowned across Germany last year, significantly more than the year before.
In 2022 there were still 355 fatal swimming accidents.
dpa