On the effect of COVID-19 pandemic in the excess of human mortality. The case of Brazil and Spain.

Excess of deaths is a technique used in epidemiology to assess the deaths caused by an unexpected event. For the present COVID-19 pandemic, we discuss the performance of some linear and nonlinear time series forecasting techniques widely used for modeling the actual pandemic and provide estimates fo...

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Main Authors: Jorge A Borrego-Morell, Edmundo J Huertas, Nuria Torrado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255909