COVID-19: Excess mortality in 2021 estimated to be around 1%, and likely to be higher in early 2022

  • Angelo Andrew
  • Karen Cutter
  • Jennifer Lang
  • Han Li
  • Richard Lyon
  • Zhan Wang
  • Mengyi Xu

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Analysis from the Actuaries Institute’s COVID-19 Mortality Working Group has determined that COVID-19 deaths for the first two months of 2022 are more than double the total number of COVID-19 deaths for 2021. Furthermore, COVID-19 deaths from the Delta wave in 2021 and the Omicron wave in early 2022 have almost fully eroded the reduction in deaths experienced earlier in the pandemic.

Period7 Mar 2022

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  • TitleCOVID-19: Excess mortality in 2021 estimated to be around 1%, and likely to be higher in early 2022
    Media name/outletActuaries Digital
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date7/03/22
    DescriptionAnalysis from the Actuaries Institute’s COVID-19 Mortality Working Group has determined that COVID-19 deaths for the first two months of 2022 are more than double the total number of COVID-19 deaths for 2021. Furthermore, COVID-19 deaths from the Delta wave in 2021 and the Omicron wave in early 2022 have almost fully eroded the reduction in deaths experienced earlier in the pandemic.
    URLhttps://www.actuaries.digital/2022/03/07/covid-19-excess-mortality-in-2021-estimated-to-be-around-1-and-likely-to-be-higher-in-early-2022/
    PersonsAngelo Andrew, Karen Cutter, Jennifer Lang, Han Li, Richard Lyon, Zhan Wang, Mengyi Xu
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