Fig 1.

Trends in weekly observed (dashed orange lines) versus predicted (blue solid lines) mortality rates for selected major diseases between 1 January and 31 March 2020 in China across different Disease Surveillance Point areas. First vertical dotted line indicates the time when lockdown was implemented in Wuhan. Second vertical dotted line indicates when temporary makeshift hospitals were closed in Wuhan that provided central quarantines for all people who tested positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. For different diseases, the ranges of mortality rates vary in y axis. The shaded areas indicate 95% confidence intervals for predicted mortality rates. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease