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. 2020 Jun 29;6(2):00179-2020.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00179-2020. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Estimates of the initial impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on overall mortality: evidence from Italy

Sara Conti  1 , Pietro Ferrara  1 , Carla Fornari  1 , Sergio Harari  2   3 , Fabiana Madotto  1   4 , Andrea Silenzi  5   6 , Alberto Zucchi  7 , Lamberto Manzoli  8 , Lorenzo G Mantovani  1   4
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Estimates of the initial impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on overall mortality: evidence from Italy

Sara Conti et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

This study provides evidence of the enormous death toll attributable to COVID-19 https://bit.ly/2X4C6a8.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: S. Conti has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P. Ferrara has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Fornari has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Harari has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. Madotto has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Silenzi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Zucchi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Manzoli has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L.G. Mantovani has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Weekly standardised rate ratio (SRR) of mortality, to compare mortality during the year 2020 with that estimated in the previous 5 years, for Italian macroareas: a) northwest, b) northeast, c) centre, d) south/islands. Shaded areas represent 95% confidence intervals.
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