Not all people who die from COVID-19 have been tested for the coronavirus. That is why you do not see it in the mortality rate. Nevertheless, you can see these numbers reflected in the statistics, for example by looking at the excess mortality.

In the figures on excess mortality you also see unreported COVID-19 deaths. But what is excess mortality?

What is excess mortality?

More information and data files

Questions about deceased

Information on the development of coronavirus in the Netherlands.

Coronavirus Dashboard | COVID-19 | Government.nl

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The graph is about deaths since the outbreak of the virus. Everyone under the age of 50 has been placed in one age group by RIVM to prevent data from being traceable to individuals due to the small numbers.

Graph with percentages for the distribution of the population and the distribution of age groups tested positively.

Percentage of the entire Dutch population

Percentage of all deaths from COVID-19

Deceased COVID-19 patients by age group

The graphs below are no longer updated. More information and data files can be found in the [explanation of the data presented](https://coronadashboard.government.nl/verantwoording#mortality-RIVM).

Archived graphs

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These figures show how many COVID-19 patients were reported to have died. This gives us an idea of ​​the impact of the virus. The actual number of deceased patients may be higher because not all people who are infected with corona get tested. Also, there is no strict obligation to report deaths from coronavirus.

This figure shows the number of deceased COVID-19 patients reported to the GGD, per day. It includes late reports of deaths that occurred in the preceding days.

Number of COVID-19 deceased patients reported on 1 day

This figure shows the number of deceased COVID-19 patients, since the reporting of deaths by COVID-19 started.

Total number of COVID-19 deceased patients

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This graph shows the number of COVID-19 patients reported dead. The graph also shows averages over the past seven days.

Deceased COVID-19 patients over time

Mortality

Mortality due to corona reported by the CBS

This graph shows whether more or fewer people died than expected. Excess mortality occurs when more people pass away than expected. 

The orange line shows how many people passed away per week. The blue line and the strip around it show how much mortality CBS had expected based on previous years.

Mortality per week

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) shows how many people have died. CBS compares this number with the expected number of deaths based on recent years. 

Not all patients are tested and there is no obligation to report deaths from corona. As a result, the information from CBS provides a more complete picture than mortality from corona reported to the GGD.