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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research

Excess Deaths during Influenza and Coronavirus Disease and Infection-Fatality Rate for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, the Netherlands

Liselotte van AstenComments to Author , Carel N. Harmsen, Lenny Stoeldraijer, Don Klinkenberg, Anne C. Teirlinck, Marit M.A. de Lange, Adam Meijer, Jan van de Kassteele, Arianne B. van Gageldonk-Lafeber, Susan van den Hof, and Wim van der Hoek
Author affiliations: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (L. van Asten, D. Klinkenberg, A.C. Teirlinck, M.M.A. de Lange, A. Meijer, J. van de Kassteele, A.B. van Gageldonk-Lafeber, S. van den Hof, W. van der Hoek); Statistics Netherlands, the Hague, the Netherlands (C.N. Harmsen, L. Stoeldraijer)

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Table 1

Total, excess, and reported COVID-19 deaths during 25 weeks of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Netherlands*

Week† Week start (Thursday) Week end (Wednesday) No. observed all-cause deaths No. expected all-cause deaths (baseline) No. excess deaths % Above expected No. reported COVID-19 deaths Ratio (excess vs. reported COVID-19 deaths)
1 2019 Dec 26 2020 Jan 1 2,982 2,972 10 0 NA NA
2 2020 Jan 2 2020 Jan 8 3,166 2,985 181 6 NA NA
3 2020 Jan 9 2020 Jan 15 3,342 2,996 346 12 NA NA
4 2020 Jan 16 2020 Jan 22 2,986 3,004 −18 −1 NA NA
5 2020 Jan 23 2020 Jan 29 3,119 3,010 109 4 NA NA
6 2020 Jan 30 2020 Feb 5 3,179 3,012 167 6 NA NA
7 2020 Feb 6 2020 Feb 12 3,152 3,012 140 5 NA NA
8 2020 Feb 13 2020 Feb 19 3,106 3,009 97 3 NA NA
9 2020 Feb 20 2020 Feb 26 2,973 3,002 −29 −1 NA NA
10 2020 Feb 27 2020 Mar 4 3,104 2,992 112 4 0 NA
11 2020 Mar 5 2020 Mar 11 3,081 2,980 101 3 7 14.5
12 2020 Mar 12 2020 Mar 18 3,286 2,964 322 11 99 3.3
13 2020 Mar 19 2020 Mar 25 3,941 2,946 995 34 502 2.0
14 2020 Mar 26 2020 Apr 1 4,764 2,926 1,838 63 1,003 1.8
15 2020 Apr 2 2020 Apr 8 5,143 2,903 2,240 77 1,144 2.0
16 2020 Apr 9 2020 Apr 15 4,565 2,879 1,686 59 941 1.8
17 2020 Apr 16 2020 Apr 22 4,109 2,853 1,256 44 837 1.5
18 2020 Apr 23 2020 Apr 29 3,692 2,827 865 31 558 1.5
19 2020 Apr 30 2020 May 6 3,153 2,801 352 13 365 1.0
20 2020 May 7 2020 May 13 2,876 2,774 102 4 240 0.4
21 2020 May 14 2020 May 20 2,788 2,748 40 1 136 0.3
22 2020 May 21 2020 May 27 2,694 2,723 NA NA 112 −0.3
23 2020 May 28 2020 Jun 3 2,690 2,700 NA NA 61 −0.2
24 2020 Jun 4 2020 Jun 10 NA 2,679 NA NA 45 NA
25 2020 Jun 11 2020 Jun 17 NA 2,660 NA NA 26 NA

*COVID-19, coronavirus disease; NA, not applicable.
†Week as defined in the death surveillance (running Thursday through Wednesday).

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