In 2020, among the 26 EU Member States for which data are available (all except Ireland), there were 168,000 more deaths in weeks 10 to 26 (March to June) than the average number of deaths in the same period over the four years 2016 to 2019, according to data released by the EU's statistical office (Eurostat) on Monday 19 October.
These data include all deaths, regardless of cause, but may be useful in assessing the direct and indirect effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the European...