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Between 87,500 and 90,700 more deaths: this is the impact of Covid on Italy in 2020. A team of international researchers has estimated the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on mortality in 2020 in 29 countries, including Italy. To do this, they used a mathematical model with which to calculate the excess deaths for each nation, taking into account age and sex differences and also seasonal trends over the past five years.
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