When the Premier announced last month that a man in his 20s had died of coronavirus, it made headlines. Now that diagnosis has been questioned.
A Victorian government spokeswoman said all deaths in Victoria with a positive coronavirus diagnosis were included in the state’s toll, regardless of whether it was the overarching cause of death. She said this reporting was consistent in all states and territories to ensure the figures were comparable throughout the country.
Definitions vary in different jurisdictions. The British government last month changed the definition of a COVID-19 death by limiting it to those who had died within 28 days of receiving a positive test result. Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Nick Coatsworth, this week addressed the assertion that COVID-19 death tallies were being distorted by people having other, existing medical conditions.
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