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Epidemiology from obituaries
di Luca Carra
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Image from da A deluge of death in northern Italy, Reuters graphics, 25 March 2020.
The number of deaths from Covid reported yesterday (26 March 2020) by the Civil Protection was 662 [1]. The whole of Italy, however, wants to know another fact: the all-causes mortality per day compared to the previous year. This number, indeed, seems to show us the effects of the epidemic much better than the deaths for and with Covid.