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Estimated daily excess deaths during COVID, World

For countries that have not reported all-cause mortality data for a given week, an estimate is shown, with uncertaintyinterval. If reported data is available, that value only is shown. For comparison, daily confirmed COVID-19 deathsare shown (7-day rolling average).

Jan 1, 2020Mar 30, 2025Jun 4, 2021Oct 17, 2022Feb 29, 20240Central excess death estimate

Data source: The Economist (2024); World Health Organization (2025) – Learn more about this data

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Note: For some countries, all-cause deaths and COVID-19 deaths use different date schemes, in which one refers to when the deathoccurred and the other to when it was reported. This difference could produce an artificial lag between the two time series.

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