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Enrique Acosta Global estimates of excess deaths from COVID-19 article Estimating the number of deaths attributable to COVID-19 around the world is a complex task — as highlighted by one attempt to measure global excess mortality in 2020 and 2021.

Global estimates of excess deaths from COVID-19

Enrique Acosta

Nature, vol. 613, no. 7942, 2023, pp. 31--33

Abstract

Estimating the number of deaths attributable to COVID-19 around the world is a complex task — as highlighted by one attempt to measure global excess mortality in 2020 and 2021.