COVID-19 deaths to be counted as such despite comorbidities, but there are exceptions: All you need to know
In its affidavit before SC on Sunday, the govt said, situations of an alternative cause of death where COVID-19 is an ‘incidental finding’ will not be issued a COVID-19 death certificate The Centre on Sunday submitted in the Supreme Court that all COVID-19 patients who succumbed to the disease will be listed as having ‘died due to COVID-19’, irrespective of the co-morbidities they had. The exceptions In its affidavit, the Centre listed a few exceptions to the clause of certification of a COVID-19 death and labelled them as “clear alternative causes of death”, The Hindu reported. Somebody will get some money and others will get more” In reply, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said, “The Centre can consider having a uniform scheme under other provisions of the DMA.” In a hearing earlier, the Supreme Court told the Centre that the death certificates of those who died of COVID-19 often do not reveal COVID-19 as the cause of death. “The death certificates of persons who die from COVID-19 in hospitals show the reason as lung or heart problem or something else,” the Bench had told the Centre.
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