Estimating Total Excess Mortality During a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak in Stockholm, Sweden. (18th October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pimenoff, Ville N; Elfström, Miriam; Baussano, Iacopo; Björnstedt, Mikael; Dillner, Joakim
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 72:Number 11(2021)
• Page Start: e890
• Page End: e892
• Publication Date: 2020-10-18
• Subjects: mortality -- SARS-CoV-2 -- COVID-19 -- outbreak -- public health; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1593
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: Total excess mortality peaked during a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Stockholm, but 25% of these deaths were not recognized as COVID-19 related nor occurred in hospitals. Estimate of total excess mortality may give a more comprehensive picture of the total disease burden during a COVID-19 outbreak, and may facilitate managing future outbreaks.