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Old 07-11-2020, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by DonnaNi4os View Post
I’m not disputing your message, however on this morning’s CBS news there was a doctor who pointed out that it often takes 2 weeks for death certificates to be registered. So, does that mean the reported death were from several days ago or perhaps that the recent COVID-19 related deaths haven’t even been placed in the records? I don’t have that answer but I remain cautious.
The death certificates go from hospital to county to state, this takes time. Each death certificate has date of actual death on it. Some days the State receives large batches of them with actual dates going back days, weeks or months. To spot actual trends, the deaths need to be put in the column of the date they actually happened, not the date they were reported. Look at the 2 graphs I posted in OP and you can see the difference.