… This paper examines public health risks that arise through the death care process in the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic and examines current guidance on minimizing the risks. …

… mortality information and death data classified by infection by the new cause of death (SARS…
in the context of the pandemic. We will explain the history of the official sources of death …

… century with regard to underregistration in the context of deaths in the first days or weeks of
life… excluding pandemic years when computing the expected deaths in the subsequent years. …

… the losses wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, and to conclude … As of May 2020, the
coronavirus pandemic has killed … Within the context of the pandemic, when so many deaths go …

… The resulting mortality rates were then adjusted for under-reporting on the basis of the ratio
of excess deaths attributable to COVID-19 versus reported deaths, a ratio that was modelled …

… of deaths resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. … death toll associated directly (due to the
disease) or indirectly (due to the pandemic's impact on health systems and society) to COVID-…

… of the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the context of Latin American countries, where
there is still a lack of good information on causes of death in their vital registration systems. …

… of state and county political affiliation on COVID-19 death rates. The motivation behind this
… in the context of other known factors established at the individual unit of analysis (eg, race). …

… In a context of rapid production of scientific evidence aimed at contributing to the understanding
and management of a pandemic of devastating proportion such as the COVID-19 one, …

… We used the proportion of mortality count excess and a standard measure (P-score), which
is simple and easy to replicate in any context and similar to that carried out in other studies.8 …