California County COVID-19 Death Toll Lowered by 400 After Counting Method Change

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The number of COVID-19 deaths in Alameda County, California, fell by about 25 percent after health officials changed their methodology for total mortality count, removing deaths that werenโ€™t a โ€œdirect resultโ€ of the disease or โ€œin whom death caused by COVID-19 could not be ruled out.โ€

The countyโ€™s COVID-19 dashboard, following an update on June 4 to reflect the total number of COVID-19 deaths using the stateโ€™s death-reporting definition, shows that 1,223 deaths were caused by the CCP virus, 411 fewer than it previously reported.

โ€œAlameda County previously included any person who died while infected with the virus in the total COVID-19 deaths for the County,โ€ the countyโ€™s public health department said in a statement (pdf). For example, someone who tested positive for the virus before dying in a car accident would still have been counted toward the COVID-19 death toll.

โ€œAligning with the Stateโ€™s definition will require Alameda County to report as COVID-19 deaths only those people who died as a direct result of COVID-19, with COVID-19 as a contributing cause of death, or in whom death caused by COVID-19 could not be ruled out,โ€ the health officials said, noting that their system of reporting COVID-19 deaths on the dashboard and to the state was implemented early in the pandemic, before the state established guidelines for how deaths should be classified.

Alameda County Health Officer Dr. Nicholas Moss told The Mercury News that his department was aware of the inconsistency between the county and stateโ€™s numbers, but it had to put off the change because of a major surge in infections during the winter.

โ€œWe just werenโ€™t able to move as quickly on this as we wouldโ€™ve liked, but we felt it was important and sometimes better late than never,โ€ he said.

Moss said some people may use the revision to argue that the pandemic isnโ€™t as severe as itโ€™s made out to be, an idea he strongly disuptes.

BYย GQ PAN

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