Excess mortality means that more people die than can be explained by usual fluctuations in the mortality rate. The researchers estimated that by looking at deaths from previous years and trends in population statistics. There was already excess mortality in May. In that month, an average of 200 more people died each week than expected. In June this number was slightly higher at 225.
Statistics Netherlands does not yet know the cause of death of the people who died in recent months. However, the corona pandemic and the flu wave have a major impact on the death rate. According to figures from the RIVM, almost 42,000 people died from the effects of Covid-19 from March 2020 to February 2022. In addition to the corona pandemic, there has been a flu epidemic in the Netherlands for thirteen weeks from mid-March.
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