Table 1 National monthly excess cases of mortality from January 2020 to February 2023, based on monthly-mean adjustment of the mourning and funeral index and regression estimation.

From: Inferring China’s excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic using online mourning and funeral search volume

Year

Month

Excess cases of mortality

2020

1

− 137,527

2020

2

− 46,040

2020

3

− 36,174

2020

4

− 81,779

2020

5

− 109,612

2020

6

− 73,277

2020

7

− 27,914

2020

8

− 17,902

2020

9

− 12,629

2020

10

− 39,090

2020

11

− 81,708

2020

12

− 81,144

2021

1

− 106,414

2021

2

− 49,861

2021

3

− 41,715

2021

4

− 72,203

2021

5

− 34,967

2021

6

− 60,816

2021

7

− 108,585

2021

8

− 21,263

2021

9

− 9590

2021

10

− 22,515

2021

11

− 45,049

2021

12

− 76,533

2022

1

− 105,462

2022

2

− 43,435

2022

3

− 40,853

2022

4

− 37,366

2022

5

− 48,708

2022

6

1429

2022

7

− 19,619

2022

8

6460

2022

9

10,050

2022

10

89,359

2022

11

101,551

2022

12

432,519

2023

1

254,573

2023

2

25,813