Background: Europe overall suffered greatly in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
but the impact of different countries varied. Italy was in the forefront, but there too there were …

SARS-CoV-2 has caused a worldwide epidemic of enormous proportions, which resulted in
different mortality rates in different countries for unknown reasons. We analyzed factors …

Existing studies on the mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic commonly rely on
national official reports. However, in a pandemic, deaths from COVID-19 can be miscounted …

We provide results on the level of COVID-19 excess mortality in the Italian region of
Lombardy and in the province of Bergamo using official and original data sources. Since …

Background There has been considerable international variation in mortality during the
COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to investigate the differences between …

Background The COVID-19 mortality rate in Belgium has been ranked among the highest in
the world. To assess the appropriateness of the country's COVID-19 mortality surveillance …

INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing event disrupting lives, health
systems, and economies worldwide. Clear data about the pandemic's impact is lacking …

Background With the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) there has
been disruption to normal clinical activity in response to the increased demand on health …

Objective: Overall mortality is a relevant indicator of the population burden during an
epidemic. It informs on both undiagnosed cases and on the effects of health system …

Background The number of excess deaths during February–March 2020 in Italy, in
comparison with previous years, was considerably higher than the recorded COVID19 …