Excess mortality rose sharply throughout Europe in the autumn. The most recent figures from European statistics agency Eurostat show that in Europe 27 percent more people died in November than was usual in the month before the corona crisis.
In Belgium, the large increase was relatively limited and 16.3 percent more people died than in the period before corona. The highest excess mortality was recorded in Bulgaria (+88 percent) and Romania (+84 percent). Italy (+4 percent) and Sweden (-0.5 percent) are the best European students in terms of excess mortality.
The excess mortality started in March 2020, when the coronavirus swept Europe. There were, prior to this, three peaks. In April 2020, 25 percent more people died in the European Union than the average for the same months in the period from 2016 to 2019. In November 2020 this was even 40 percent, and in April last year 21 percent. In November, that percentage rose again to 27 percent.
In July of this year, the excess mortality reached its lowest level in eighteen months at 5.6 percent, but the percentage has been rising again since then. There was 9 percent more excess mortality in August, 13 percent in September and 18 percent in October.
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