Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020
Steven H. Woolf, Derek A. Chapman, Roy Sabo, Daniel M. Weinberger, Latoya Hill, DaShaunda D.H. Taylor
Abstract
This study updates a previous report of the estimated number of excess deaths in the US during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through August 1, 2020, and describes causes of those deaths and temporal relationships with state lifting of coronavirus restrictions.
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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)CoronavirusBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsExcess mortalityDemographyVirologyDiseaseEnvironmental healthInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPopulationInternal medicineSociologyGlobal Health Care IssuesClimate Change and Health Impacts