Background: The death toll after SARS-CoV-2 emergence includes deaths directly or
indirectly associated with COVID-19. For Mexico, a 28% excess mortality not directly related …

Background The death toll after SARS-CoV-2 emergence includes deaths directly or
indirectly associated with COVID-19. Mexico reported 325,415 excess deaths, 34.4% of …

Abstract Background: In 2020, Mexico experienced one of the highest rates of excess
mortality globally. However, the extent of non-COVID deaths on excess mortality, its regional …

Accepted Background In early 2020, Ecuador reported one of the highest surges of per
capita deaths across the globe. Methods We collected a comprehensive dataset containing …

Background Official death toll related to COVID-19 has been considerably underestimated in
reports from some Latin American countries. This study aimed to analyze the mortality …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, an excess of all-cause mortality has been recorded in
several countries, including Peru. Most excess deaths were likely attributable to COVID-19 …

BACKGROUND The covid-19 pandemic has considerably affected the mortality numbers of
many countries in the world, and Latin America is now the epicenter of the diseases. There …

Background. Excess mortality from all causes is a reliable indicator of the direct or indirect
effect of the COVID19 pandemic. This study aimed to estimate excess deaths in Mexico …

Objectives. To describe excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
during 2020 by week, age, sex, and place of death. Methods. We used mortality data from …

In this paper, we measure the effect of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic wave at the national
and subnational levels in selected Latin American countries that were most affected: Brazil …