Estimates of the initial impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on overall mortality: evidence from Italy

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Jun 29;6(2):00179-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00179-2020. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Sara Conti¹, Pietro Ferrara¹, Carla Fornari¹, Sergio Harari^{2

3}, Fabiana Madotto^{1

4}, Andrea Silenzi^{5

6}, Alberto Zucchi⁷, Lamberto Manzoli⁸, Lorenzo G Mantovani^{1

4}

¹ Center for Public Health Research, University of Milan - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
² Dept of Medical Sciences, San Giuseppe Hospital - IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy.
³ Dept of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Value-based Healthcare Unit, IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.
⁵ Agency for Health Protection of Brescia (ATS Brescia), Brescia, Italy.
⁶ Center for Leadership in Medicine Research and Studies, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Epidemiology Unit, Agency for Health Protection of Bergamo (ATS Bergamo), Bergamo, Italy.
⁸ Dept of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Abstract

This study provides evidence of the enormous death toll attributable to COVID-19 https://bit.ly/2X4C6a8.