NEW: we have updated our excess-mortality tracker with the latest data for several countries (the page is free to read). In some places, the overall number of deaths now seem to be falling. (1/11) 
Our interactive charts allow you to inspect the data in each region, for any given week. Note that figures on total mortality include delays, so they may reflect deaths that happened several days beforehand. (2/11) economist.com/graphic-detail…
Unfortunately, in Britain the latest data from @ONS show that fatalities were still rising quickly in the week to April 17th, with nearly 2x as usual. Excess deaths registered by then were 27,000. Covid deaths were 19,100, based on an analysis of death certificates. (3/11)
The data from New York are especially grim: 5x as many deaths as usual in the week to April 11th. The "probable" covid fatalities recognised by the city have picked up almost all the excess, which had reached 11,000 by that date. (4/11)
France's excess deaths were falling by April 13th - and were actually lower that week than covid deaths from hospitals and care homes (which may reflect a lag in the official toll). Cumulative covid deaths by that date were 14,900, compared to 17,400 excess. (5/11)
Spain also seems to have passed its peak, with excess deaths falling in the week to April 14th. Total excess by that date was 26,800, compared to 18,000 official covid deaths. (6/11)
Likewise, the number of deaths has also started to fall in the Netherlands, as of April 19th. The official covid toll of 3,700 to that date was still a large under-count compared to the excess, which was 7,600. (7/11)
In Belgium, deaths were still rising in the week to April 12th. As suggested by several readers, we are now using the country's retrospective estimate of covid deaths on each day, which captures almost all of the 4,900 excess deaths to that date. (8/11)
A very similar picture is visible in Sweden, which had 1,700 excess deaths by April 14th, compared to 1,500 official covid fatalities. (9/11)
You can find all of this data compiled into a single table at the top of the tracking page. (10/11)
We will be adding more countries and new data soon. As ever, if you have any suggestions or spot any things that need correcting, please email jamestozer@economist.com (11/11)
One more thing - thanks as always to @martgnz for the excellent interactives, and @PedderSophie @michaelreid52 @imkahloon @Rosemarie_Ward @mattsteinglass @DanRosenheck for comments and help they have given for the countries included in this thread. (12/11)
