Chronic undercounting in NYC apparently. Same story as everywhere. If they die at home, they aren't added to the coronavirus death count.
"Only those tested before they die are counted as COVID-19 victims, a New York City councilman said Monday, sparking fears the actual death toll could be far higher than the 3,400 already recorded.
Mark Levine tweeted: 'Now only those few who had a test confirmation *before* dying are marked as victims of coronavirus on their death certificate. This almost certainly means we are undercounting the total number of victims of this pandemic.'
The chair of NYC council health committee was commenting on how the city is 'managing its dead' with morgues, funeral homes and cemeteries 'dealing w/ the equivalent of an ongoing 9/11'.
Levine said 'on an average day' before this crisis there were between 20 and 25 deaths at home in NYC. He said there are now between 200 and 215 every day and 'most of these people are not tested for coronavirus'."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8196035/Why-COVID-19-death-toll-higher-tested-die-counted.html
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