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. 2020 Oct 20;324(15):1562-1564.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.19545.

Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020

Steven H Woolf  1 , Derek A Chapman  1 , Roy T Sabo  2 , Daniel M Weinberger  3 , Latoya Hill  1 , DaShaunda D H Taylor  1
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Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-July 2020

Steven H Woolf et al. JAMA. .

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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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Weinberger reported receiving personal fees from Pfizer, Merck, Affinivax, and GlaxoSmithKline outside the submitted work and being the principal investigator for a research grant from Pfizer to Yale University. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Excess Deaths From March to July 2020 in Selected States
The figure plots weekly excess deaths for the 10 states with the largest number of excess deaths during March-July 2020. Reopening dates refer to the lifting of broad coronavirus disease 2019 restrictions, as reported by the New York Times.
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