“COVID-19 should be recorded on the medical certificate of cause of death for ALL decedents where the disease caused, or is assumed to have caused, or contributed to death.”
Quote from:
INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION (CODING) OF COVID-19AS CAUSE OF DEATH
Based on ICD International Statistical Classification of Diseases
(16 April 2020)
(RECORDING COVID-19 ON THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF CAUSE OF DEATH)
Source: https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/Guidelines_Cause_of_Death_COVID-19.pdf
[Bloomberg] “99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says” (a study by the country’s national health authority)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says