Estimating Total Excess Mortality During a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak in Stockholm, Sweden.
Ville Nikolai PimenoffMiriam ElfströmIacopo BaussanoMikael BjörnstedtJoakim DillnerPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Total excess mortality peaked during a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Stockholm, but 25% of these deaths were not recognized as COVID-19 related nor occurred in hospitals. Estimate of total excess mortality may give a more comprehensive picture of the total disease burden during a COVID-19 outbreak, and may facilitate managing future outbreaks.