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Abstract

Through a weekly all-cause mortality surveillance system, we observed in France a major all-cause excess mortality from March to May 2020, concomitant with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic. The excess mortality was 25,030 deaths, mainly among elderly people. Five metropolitan regions were the most affected, particularly Île-de-France and the Grand-Est regions. Assessing the excess mortality related to COVID-19 is complex because of the potential protective effect of the lockdown period on other causes of mortality.

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Excess all-cause mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in France, March to May 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Anne+Fouillet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fouillet Anne</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Isabelle+Pontais&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pontais Isabelle</a>, <a href="/search?value1=C%C3%A9line+Caserio-Sch%C3%B6nemann&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Caserio-Schönemann Céline</a></span>. Excess all-cause mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in France, March to May 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(34):pii=2001485. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001485" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001485</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 03 Aug 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 26 Aug 2020 </span> </p>
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