Funeral Directors Association Warns U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Are Underreported

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/23/headlines/funeral_directors_association_warns_us_covid_19_deaths_are_underreported





In New Jersey, the director of the State Funeral Directors Association believes COVID-19 has claimed far more lives than officially reported, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 15 ordered changes in how likely deaths due to the disease are reported. 

In Britain, a review by the Financial Times found U.K. coronavirus deaths are likely more than double the official figure — with 41,000 deaths so far likely caused by the virus.