Revealing the toll of COVID-19: A technical package for rapid mortality surveillance and epidemic response, WHO

Rapid mortality surveillance generates daily or weekly counts of mortality data by age, sex, date of death, place of death and place of usual residence. This provides a more complete picture of impact, particularly for deaths that may be indirectly related to COVID-19. This also addresses the indirect impact caused by disruptions in healthcare access and supply chains. This tool will help policy-makers compare estimated weekly number of excess deaths related to COVID-19 with pre-pandemic levels.
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