The ADPH Has Changed the Way it Accounts for Some Coronavirus Deaths

Following Centers for Disease Control guidance, the Alabama Department of Public Health has changed the way it accounts for some coronavirus deaths.

Previously the ADPH’s dashboard tracking COVID-19 cases showed the number of reported deaths and the number of confirmed deaths – reported deaths included figures provided through local health departments and hospitals; confirmed deaths were those confirmed by the ADPH.

The dashboard has now changed to show only one number – COVID-19 deaths.

The change comes as a result of updated Centers for Disease Control guidance on reporting COVID-19 deaths, as the criteria now includes those who died with a positive COVID-19 lab test as well as individuals whose death certificates list as the cause of death COVID-19 or an equivalent thereof. The guidance bumped the number closer to the “reported death” count and increased totals in some counties.

In Alabama, approximately 75% of coronavirus deaths were among those with underlying conditions with the most common being cardiovascular disease.

(AL.COM/www.al.com)

 

 

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