Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities worldwide periodically
report COVID-19 cases and deaths. These 'official'counts are aggregated primarily from data …

Estimating excess mortality is challenging. The metric depends on the expected mortality
level, which can differ based on given choices, such as the method and the time series …

From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, an unprecedented
international mobilization occurred within the scientific community to expand our knowledge …

Perhaps the biggest global difference has been the approach taken to the timing and
intensity of testing and social distancing. Learning from their experiences of the coronavirus …

Accurately determining the number of excess deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is
hard. The most important challenge is determining the counterfactual count of baseline …

Dear Sir The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) began in Wuhan, China, in
December 2019, and is now a global pandemic. 1 COVID-19 has placed a huge burden on …

The impact of COVID-19 on mortality from specific causes of death remains poorly
understood. This study analysed cause-of-death data provided by the World Health …

Background Excess all-cause mortality has been used in many countries as an estimate of
mortality effects from COVID-19. What was the excess mortality in Israel in 2020 and when …

Estimating excess mortality is challenging. The metric depends on the expected mortality
level, which can differ based on given choices, such as the method and the time series …

Background This study aimed to investigate overall and sex-specific excess all-cause
mortality since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic until August 2020 among 22 …