All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century

• Main Authors: Natalia Bustos Sierra (Author), Nathalie Bossuyt (Author), Toon Braeye (Author), Mathias Leroy (Author), Isabelle Moyersoen (Author), Ilse Peeters (Author), Aline Scohy (Author), Johan Van der Heyden (Author), Herman Van Oyen (Author), Françoise Renard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The COVID-19 mortality rate in Belgium has been ranked among the highest in the world. To assess the appropriateness of the country's COVID-19 mortality surveillance, that includes long-term care facilities deaths and deaths in possible cases, the number of COVID-19 deaths w...