简单明了的信息制图，原文来自于华盛顿邮报
超额死亡不一定直接归因于冠状病毒引起的COVID-19，可能包括因疫情而死亡但不是死于该病的人，如那些患有与COVID-19无关的疾病而不敢就医的人，以及一些属于正常死亡率变化的死亡人数。这一数字还受到其他类别死亡人数的增加或减少的影响，如自杀、凶杀和机动车事故等。
The excess deaths are not necessarily attributable directly to covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. They could include people who died because of the epidemic but not from the disease, such as those who were afraid to seek medical treatment for unrelated illnesses, as well as some number of deaths that are part of the ordinary variation in the death rate. The count is also affected by increases or decreases in other categories of deaths, such as suicides, homicides and motor vehicle accidents.
后面还有几个地区的情况的图表，COVID-19带来的死亡不仅是直接来自疾病本身，还有因为正常医疗及社会秩序被影响而造成的间接死亡，只有及早尽快遏制疫情发展，恢复正常秩序，才能减少生命的损失。
