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Explainer: What is 'excess mortality' and how is it calculated?
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, there have been a total of 1,375 deaths linked to the virus in this country. Each day, we wait to hear an update on additional reported deaths and newly diagnosed cases from the Chief Medical Officer, to update the overall picture of how much of a grip this deadly virus has on our country.
But it is also useful to compare the overall numbers of people who have died in recent months, from Covid-19 or otherwise, to the average number of deaths we would typically see at this time of the year.
This helps us to determine what is known as the "excess mortality", a term used to describe deaths over and above the norm. The World Health Organisation describes this as the death rate "above what would be expected
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COVID-19
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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