Excess mortality during the first ten months of COVID-19 epidemic at Jakarta, Indonesia

Iqbal RF Elyazar; Henry Surendra; Lenny L. Ekawati; Bimandra A. Djaafara; Ahmad Nurhasim; Ahmad Arif; Irma Hidayana; Widyastuti; Dwi Oktavia; Verry Adrian; Ngabila Salama; Imam Hamdi; Adhi Andrianto; Rosa N. Lina; Karina D. Lestari; Anuraj H. Shankar; Raph L. Hamers; Guy Thwaites; J. Kevin Baird

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.089

Excess mortality during the first ten months of COVID-19 epidemic at Jakarta, Indonesia

Iqbal RF Elyazar, Henry Surendra, Lenny L. Ekawati, Bimandra A. Djaafara, Ahmad Nurhasim, Ahmad Arif, Irma Hidayana, Widyastuti, Dwi Oktavia, Verry Adrian, Ngabila Salama, Imam Hamdi, Adhi Andrianto, Rosa N. Lina, Karina D. Lestari, Anuraj H. Shankar, Raph L. Hamers, Guy Thwaites, J. Kevin Baird

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Excess mortality during the COVID-19 epidemic is a crucial indicator of the health effects. We examined mortality records from government sources in Jakarta, Indonesia, from January 2015 to October 2020: 1) burials in public cemeteries; 2) civil registration of deaths; and 3) registration of deaths by health authorities. During 2015-2019, there were an average of 26,342 burials per year between January and October. During the same time frame in 2020, there were 42,460 burials, a 61% increase. Two months before the first official laboratory confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Indonesia in March 2020, a surge in burials began in early January 2020. In 2020, an examination of civil death registrations or health authority death registrations revealed insensitive trends. Both the characterization and management of the health crisis in Jakarta are clouded by insufficient laboratory diagnostic and death surveillance capabilities. The public burials data described may serve as a useful indicator of mortality impacts and the efficacy of epidemic interventions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S38
Number of pages	1
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	130
Issue number	S2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.089
Publication status	Published - May 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Elyazar, I. RF., Surendra, H., Ekawati, L. L., Djaafara, B. A., Nurhasim, A., Arif, A., Hidayana, I., Widyastuti, Oktavia, D., Adrian, V., Salama, N., Hamdi, I., Andrianto, A., Lina, R. N., Lestari, K. D., Shankar, A. H., Hamers, R. L., Thwaites, G., & Baird, J. K. (2023). Excess mortality during the first ten months of COVID-19 epidemic at Jakarta, Indonesia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 130(S2), S38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.089

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