- Aug 8, 2016
- 26,444
- 25,556
- 2,445
It figures it'd be something like that.
"We currently do have some deaths that are being reported that are clearly from other causes....
In this case, they are from gunshot wounds," Hutchison said.
Those cases are currently included in the state's COVID-19 death count, Hutchison said.
Other states have made similar readjustments to their Covid-19 death tallies. Last week, Colorado’s Department of Health and Environment reduced its death count by nearly 300, from 1,150 to 878. The changes were made after several cases of reported coronavirus deaths caught the eye of officials and media, including one incident in which a man who had died from alcohol poisoning had been declared a victim of the virus.
In April, Pennsylvania slashed more than 200 deaths from its own total, citing concerns about accurate reporting.
Continued - Washington officials admit to counting ginshot deaths in Covid-19 tally
"We currently do have some deaths that are being reported that are clearly from other causes....
In this case, they are from gunshot wounds," Hutchison said.
Those cases are currently included in the state's COVID-19 death count, Hutchison said.
Other states have made similar readjustments to their Covid-19 death tallies. Last week, Colorado’s Department of Health and Environment reduced its death count by nearly 300, from 1,150 to 878. The changes were made after several cases of reported coronavirus deaths caught the eye of officials and media, including one incident in which a man who had died from alcohol poisoning had been declared a victim of the virus.
In April, Pennsylvania slashed more than 200 deaths from its own total, citing concerns about accurate reporting.
Continued - Washington officials admit to counting ginshot deaths in Covid-19 tally