TY - JOUR
T1 - Excess mortality in Greece during 2020
T2 - the role of COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
AU - Tsiampalis, Thomas
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), whose outbreak started in late December 2019 in China, constitutes a considerable public health problem worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, over 83.5 million infected cases and approximately 1.8 million deaths (Case Fatality Rate, 2.2%) occurred during 2020, while over 20.5 million years of life have been lost so far1; particularly in the European Union, during 2020, the cumulative number of cases reached 16 million with 370,650 deaths (Case Fatality Rate, 2.4%). In Greece, COVID-19 appeared on February 26, 2020 and caused 138,850 infected cases and 4,838 deaths during 2020 (Case Fatality Rate, 3.4%), according to the data provided by the National Public Health Organization.
AB - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), whose outbreak started in late December 2019 in China, constitutes a considerable public health problem worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, over 83.5 million infected cases and approximately 1.8 million deaths (Case Fatality Rate, 2.2%) occurred during 2020, while over 20.5 million years of life have been lost so far1; particularly in the European Union, during 2020, the cumulative number of cases reached 16 million with 370,650 deaths (Case Fatality Rate, 2.4%). In Greece, COVID-19 appeared on February 26, 2020 and caused 138,850 infected cases and 4,838 deaths during 2020 (Case Fatality Rate, 3.4%), according to the data provided by the National Public Health Organization.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.04.002
M3 - Letter
C2 - 33836241
AN - SCOPUS:85118855367
SN - 1109-9666
VL - 62
SP - 378
EP - 380
JO - Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
JF - Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
IS - 5
ER -