On March 25, 2020, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released “Guidance for Certifying Deaths due to COVID-19” for doctors on how to fill in death certificates for COVID-19.
They state COVID-19 “should be recorded on the medical cause of death certificate for ALL decedents where the disease caused or is ASSUMED to have caused, or contributed to death”.[emphasis added]
How will this altered practice affect “death” numbers due to COVID-19 in Australia?
Can we trust UK COVID-19 death statistics? Some doctors just put COVID-19 on all death certificates March onward!