Massachusetts is changing the way it counts official COVID-19 deaths, my colleague Kay
Lazar reported.
Currently, the state records anyone who died within 60 days of a COVID
diagnosis as having died from the virus, unless it is clear the person died
from a separate cause. Under the new system, recommended by the Council of
State and Territorial Epidemiologists, COVID deaths will now be those that
occur within 30 days of a diagnosis.
It could reduce the number of COVID deaths in Massachusetts by about 3,700 —
closer to 20,000.
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