Before revision: We discuss a stochastic model to assess cumulative excess deaths during Covid-19-like epidemics for various non-pharmaceutic interventions. The model simulates three interrelated stochastic processes: epidemic spreading, availability of respiratory ventilators and changes in death statistics. Epidemic may spread either locally or globally. The local mode simulates virus transmission through contacts in the vicinity of the place of residence while the global mode simulates virus transmission through social mixing in public places  , sport arenas, airports, etc  , where many people meet, who live in remote geographic locations.
After revision: We discuss a stochastic model to assess cumulative excess deaths during Covid-19-like epidemics for various non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies. We consider local and non-local modes of disease transmission. The first simulates transmission through social contacts in the vicinity of the place of residence while the global mode simulates virus transmission through social mixing in public places , sport arenas, airports, etc , where many people meet, who live in remote geographic locations.