Each week the federal department of Public Health publishes a weekly report more detailed, providing significant information on the evolution of the pandemic in the country. An indicator is particularly examined : the mortality surveillance. Comparing with the average of deaths in previous years, we can estimate the number of deaths related to the coronavirus.

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"The total number of deaths from all causes has started to increase from march 16, with 2.545 observed deaths for week 12, which represents a significant excess of 270 additional deaths and 11.9 % of excess mortality on the basis of the last five years," the report explains.