The number of Americans who died from COVID-19 in March through May was likely significantly higher than the official US count due in part to ...
FILE PHOTO: A view of One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan from The Green-Wood Cemetery, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidREUTERS: The number of Americans who died from COVID-19 in March through May was likely significantly higher than the official US count due in part to state-level reporting discrepancies, according to a study published on Wednesday.
Media reports have suggested that many early nursing home deaths or those attributed to pneumonia rather than COVID-19 may have contributed to an undercount. "It is possible that someone who had COVID-19 and that triggered pneumonia might have pneumonia listed as the cause of death. Whereas another jurisdiction might have COVID as the cause," he said."The coding for what a person died from can vary a lot from person to person and jurisdiction to jurisdiction."In several states, deaths that might later have been attributed to the coronavirus occurred before COVID-19 diagnostic tests were widely available.
Other studies have found that coronavirus fears kept people with symptoms of heart attack or stroke away from emergency rooms, possibly contributing to increased deaths.
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