Fig. 5
From: Saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic: the benefits of the first Swiss lockdown
Excess mortality 2020 vs. mean 2000–2019. Note: This figure plots the weekly difference between the death counts in 2020 and the corresponding mean computed over the years between 2000 and 2019. During the first 10 weeks of 2020, excess mortality is approximately zero in expectation, while during the phase of the pandemic outbreak (weeks 11–19), excess mortality becomes significantly positive