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

By Epoch Times ——Bio and Archives--June 7, 2021

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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 weren’t a “direct result” of the disease or “in whom death caused by COVID-19 could not be ruled out.” The county’s COVID-19 dashboard, following an update on June 4 to reflect the total number of COVID-19 deaths using the state’s death-reporting definition, shows that 1,223 deaths were caused by the CCP virus, 411 fewer than it previously reported.-- More...

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

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