Coinfection and Secondary infections Contribution to Excess Deaths

Another possible cause of excess mortality?

A few days ago, we reported on deaths in Italy in SARS-CoV-2 patients: 21 per cent had coinfections. We do not have any further details apart from a separate line in the report indicating that 4.1% of the dead were HIV positive.

If we have interpreted the data correctly, at least a quarter of deaths are caused or made more likely by the burden of coinfe…