Figure 1.

Late registration in all-cause mortality and its effect on computed excess mortality over time, USA

Reported COVID-19 deaths (coloured lines) and estimated number of excess deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic (dashed line) by week from series of weekly mortality data reported by calendar week from October, 2020, to February, 2022. The gap between the first calendar week during which mortality for a past week was reported and the subsequent reported levels indicates the gradual process by which completeness of reported deaths increases over time. Lines below 0 indicate reported deaths below the expected deaths value.