New analysis reveals many excess deaths attributed to natural causes are actually uncounted COVID-19 deaths | Medical Xpress

A recent publication co-authored by CEID faculty, Dr. Andrew Stokes quantifies the number of excess deaths attributed to COVID-19. The findings showed that many COVID-19 deaths went uncounted during the pandemic, even well beyond the initial phase of the pandemic, according to Dr. Stokes. This study allows researchers to better understand the true toll of the pandemic. “Our ability to detect and correctly assign deaths during an epidemic goes to the heart of our understanding of the disease and how we organize our response,” says CEID Director, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia.

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