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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Mick
Not necessarily, we’ve seen how they record the death, if a person has died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 result. That person could have had a fatal heart attack, it’s still a Covid death to be tallied.
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The ONS have two different measures.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...lesmethodology
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5. Definition of COVID-19 deaths
In England and Wales, the doctor certifying a death can list all causes in the chain of events that led to the death and pre-existing conditions that may have contributed to the death. Using this information, we determine an underlying cause of death. A doctor can certify the involvement of COVID-19 based on symptoms and clinical findings – a positive test result is not required. Definitions of COVID-19 for deaths in Scotland and Northern Ireland are similar to England and Wales.
We use the term "due to COVID-19" when referring only to deaths with an underlying cause of death of COVID-19. When taking into account all of the deaths that had COVID-19 mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not, we use the term "involving COVID-19".
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