Children and young people remain at low risk of COVID-19 mortality

accurately represent the reality in these countries, it is not possible to access such data for other causes of death. We therefore used estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 database, which does not account for seasonality or changes in mortality patterns in this pandemic year. Nevertheless, the very low mortality we describe from COVID-19 compared with all-causes is likely to be of the correct

Automated summary

Although we used estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 database to accurately represent the reality in these countries, it does not consider seasonality or changes in mortality patterns in this pandemic year. Nonetheless, the very low mortality we describe from COVID-19 compared with all-causes is likely to be accurate.