Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020

Sarah K. Nørgaard; Lasse S. Vestergaard; Jens Nielsen; Lukas Richter; Daniela Schmid; Natalia Bustos; Toon Braye; Maria Athanasiadou; Theodore Lytras; Gleb Denissov; Tatjana Veideman; Oskari Luomala; Teemu Möttönen; Anne Fouillet; Céline Caserio-Schönemann; Matthias an der Heiden; Helmut Uphoff; Kassiani Gkolfinopoulou; Janos Bobvos; Anna Paldy; Naama Rotem; Irene Kornilenko; Lisa Domegan; Joan O’Donnell; Francesca De Donato; Matteo Scortichini; Patrick Hoffmann; Telma Velez; Kathleen England; Neville Calleja; Liselotte van Asten; Lenny Stoeldraijer; Richard A White; Trine H Paulsen; Susana P da Silva; Ana P Rodrigues; Petra Klepac; Metka Zaletel; Mario Fafangel; Amparo Larrauri; Inmaculada León; Ahmed Farah; Ilias Galanis; Christoph Junker; Damir Perisa; Mary Sinnathamby; Nick Andrews; Mark G O'Doherty; David Irwin; Sharon Kennedy; Jim McMenamin; Cornelia Adlhoch; Nick Bundle; Pasi Penttinen; Jukka Pukkila; Richard Pebody; Tyra G Krause; Kåre Mølbak

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Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020
Sarah K. Nørgaard¹ , Lasse S. Vestergaard¹ , Jens Nielsen¹ , Lukas Richter² , Daniela Schmid² , Natalia Bustos³ , Toon Braye³ , Maria Athanasiadou⁴ , Theodore Lytras⁵ , Gleb Denissov⁶ , Tatjana Veideman⁶ , Oskari Luomala⁷ , Teemu Möttönen⁷ , Anne Fouillet⁸ , Céline Caserio-Schönemann⁸ , Matthias an der Heiden⁹ , Helmut Uphoff¹⁰ , Kassiani Gkolfinopoulou¹¹ , Janos Bobvos¹² , Anna Paldy¹² , Naama Rotem¹³ , Irene Kornilenko¹³ , Lisa Domegan¹⁴ , Joan O’Donnell¹⁴ , Francesca De Donato¹⁵ , Matteo Scortichini¹⁵ , Patrick Hoffmann¹⁶ , Telma Velez¹⁶ , Kathleen England¹⁷ , Neville Calleja¹⁷ , Liselotte van Asten¹⁸ , Lenny Stoeldraijer¹⁹ , Richard A White²⁰ , Trine H Paulsen²⁰ , Susana P da Silva²¹ , Ana P Rodrigues²¹ , Petra Klepac²² , Metka Zaletel²² , Mario Fafangel²² , Amparo Larrauri²³ , Inmaculada León²³ , Ahmed Farah²⁴ , Ilias Galanis²⁴ , Christoph Junker²⁵ , Damir Perisa²⁶ , Mary Sinnathamby²⁷ , Nick Andrews²⁷ , Mark G O'Doherty²⁸ , David Irwin²⁸ , Sharon Kennedy²⁹ , Jim McMenamin²⁹ , Cornelia Adlhoch³⁰ , Nick Bundle³⁰ , Pasi Penttinen³⁰ , Jukka Pukkila³¹ , Richard Pebody³¹ , Tyra G Krause¹ , Kåre Mølbak^1,32
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Affiliations: ¹ EuroMOMO hub, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark ² Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria ³ Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium ⁴ Ministry of Health, Nicosia, Cyprus ⁵ European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus ⁶ National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia ⁷ Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland ⁸ French Public Health Agency (Santé Publique France), Saint-Maurice, France ⁹ Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ¹⁰ Hessisches Landesprüfungs- und Untersuchungsamt im Gesundheitswesen, Dillenburg, Germany ¹¹ Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece ¹² National Public Health Center, Budapest, Hungary ¹³ Health & Vital Statistics Sector, Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, Israel ¹⁴ Health Service Executive - Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland ¹⁵ Dipartimento Epidemiologia del SSR, Lazio - ASL Roma 1, Rome, Italy ¹⁶ Health Directorate Luxembourg - Division de l'inspection sanitaire, Luxembourg, Luxembourg ¹⁷ Directorate for Health Information and Research, Pieta, Malta ¹⁸ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands ¹⁹ Statistics Netherlands, The Hague, the Netherlands ²⁰ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway ²¹ Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal ²² National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia ²³ National Centre of Epidemiology, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain ²⁴ Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden ²⁵ Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel, Switzerland ²⁶ Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland ²⁷ Public Health England, Colindale, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ²⁸ Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ²⁹ Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ³⁰ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Solna, Sweden ³¹ World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark ³² Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Citation style for this article: Nørgaard Sarah K., Vestergaard Lasse S., Nielsen Jens, Richter Lukas, Schmid Daniela, Bustos Natalia, Braye Toon, Athanasiadou Maria, Lytras Theodore, Denissov Gleb, Veideman Tatjana, Luomala Oskari, Möttönen Teemu, Fouillet Anne, Caserio-Schönemann Céline, an der Heiden Matthias, Uphoff Helmut, Gkolfinopoulou Kassiani, Bobvos Janos, Paldy Anna, Rotem Naama, Kornilenko Irene, Domegan Lisa, O’Donnell Joan, Donato Francesca De, Scortichini Matteo, Hoffmann Patrick, Velez Telma, England Kathleen, Calleja Neville, van Asten Liselotte, Stoeldraijer Lenny, White Richard A, Paulsen Trine H, da Silva Susana P, Rodrigues Ana P, Klepac Petra, Zaletel Metka, Fafangel Mario, Larrauri Amparo, León Inmaculada, Farah Ahmed, Galanis Ilias, Junker Christoph, Perisa Damir, Sinnathamby Mary, Andrews Nick, O'Doherty Mark G, Irwin David, Kennedy Sharon, McMenamin Jim, Adlhoch Cornelia, Bundle Nick, Penttinen Pasi, Pukkila Jukka, Pebody Richard, Krause Tyra G, Mølbak Kåre. Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020. Euro Surveill. 2021;26(2):pii=2002023. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.1.2002023 Received: 04 Dec 2020; Accepted: 14 Jan 2021

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The European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action (EuroMOMO) network monitors weekly excess all-cause mortality in 27 European countries or subnational areas. During the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Europe in spring 2020, several countries experienced extraordinarily high levels of excess mortality. Europe is currently seeing another upsurge in COVID-19 cases, and EuroMOMO is again witnessing a substantial excess all-cause mortality attributable to COVID-19.

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Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020

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Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(2):pii=2002023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.1.2002023" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.1.2002023</a> Received: 04 Dec 2020;   Accepted: 14 Jan 2021

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