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Editorial
. 2021 Aug 12:10:e71974.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.71974.

A comprehensive look at the COVID-19 pandemic death toll

Lone Simonsen  1 , Cecile Viboud  2
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Editorial

A comprehensive look at the COVID-19 pandemic death toll

Lone Simonsen et al. Elife. .

Abstract

COVID-19 'excess mortality' has been estimated for more than 100 countries and shows a dramatic death toll in many countries.

Keywords: COVID; data; epidemiology; global health; human; international; mortality.

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LS, CV No competing interests declared

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