Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe – preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020

We present preliminary pooled estimates of all-cause mortality for 24 European countries/federal states participating in the European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action (EuroMOMO) network, for the period March–April 2020. Excess mortality particularly affected ≥ 65 year olds (91% of all excess deaths), but also 45–64 (8%) and 15–44 year olds (1%). No excess mortality was observed in 0–14 year olds.

Source: Eurosurveillance - July 2, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lasse S Vestergaard, Jens Nielsen, Lukas Richter, Daniela Schmid, Natalia Bustos, Toon Braeye, Gleb Denissov, Tatjana Veideman, Oskari Luomala, Teemu M öttönen, Anne Fouillet, Céline Caserio-Schönemann, Matthias an der Heiden, Helmut Uphoff, Theodore Source Type: research