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A comprehensive look at the COVID-19 pandemic death toll

Lone Simonsen, Cécile Viboud

2021eLife110 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

COVID-19 'excess mortality' has been estimated for more than 100 countries and shows a dramatic death toll in many countries.

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