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Florida: Most COVID-19 Deaths in Palm Beach County Are Not Due to COVID Alone

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Most of the deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Palm Beach County, Florida, are not due to coronavirus alone, according to an investigation by CBS 12. Specifically, only 86 of 658 cases were actually due to COVID-19, and even then, those were listed as “COVID-19 pneumonia.”

The rest of the cases all had multiple comorbidities, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and dementia. One death listed as COVID was “a 94-year-old woman who suffered from Type 2 Diabetes, Atrial Fibrillation, and Congestive Heart Failure,” but who had the cause of death listed as Acute Respiratory Failure and COVID-19 pneumonia, CBS 12 reported.

Another case was a 72-year-old man with sepsis and a UTI, who had COVID listed as “contributory.” The average age of the county’s deaths is 77.3 years.

SOURCES:

Zerohedge August 29, 2020

CBS 12 July 27, 2020