Furthermore, the measures taken to limit the impact of the pandemic (lockdown, wearing of masks, social distancing) were undoubtedly responsible for the decline in mortality found for respiratory diseases, infectious diseases and road accidents.
In 2020, no cause of death increased as a direct or indirect result of COVID-19, so the overall excess mortality observed in 2020 (47,000 more deaths than expected) was lower than the number of deaths that were a direct result of COVID-19.
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