What Is the Burden of Excess Deaths Due to COVID-19 in the U.S.?

摘要

Estimating excess deaths suggests that mortality related to COVID-19 has been undercounted. Trying to estimate the mortality burden early in a pandemic, when not enough testing is happening, is difficult. One approach is to look at "excess deaths" — the increase in deaths occurring in a population above what would be expected if the pandemic had not occurred. In this study, investigators estimated the excess deaths that occurred in different U.S. states between March 1 and May 30,2020.