The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization has a mandate to compile and disseminate statistics on mortality, and we have been tracking the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning of 2020¹. Reported statistics on COVID-19 mortality are problematic for many countries owing to variations in testing access, differential diagnostic capacity and inconsistent certification of COVID-19 as cause of death. Beyond what is directly attributable to it, the pandemic has caused extensive collateral damage that has led to losses of lives and livelihoods. Here we report a comprehensive and consistent measurement of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by estimating excess deaths, by month, for 2020 and 2021. We predict the pandemic period all-cause deaths in locations lacking complete reporte

SUBMITTER: Msemburi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9812776 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature