Massachusetts Reports ‘Significant Overcount’ of COVID Deaths

NBC Boston

By Chris Lisinski • Published March 10, 2022 • Updated on March 10, 2022 at 2:26 pm

When state public health officials publish Monday’s report about the latest COVID-19 impacts on Massachusetts, the cumulative death toll through two years of the pandemic will suddenly stand about 15% lower.

The Baker administration will start using a new public health surveillance definition next week, narrowing the window of time between a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis and death required for the fatality to get attributed to the highly infectious virus.

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