New policy to delay COVID-19 death reports in Ohio
(World News USA)

The Ohio Department of Health is overhauling how it reports COVID-19 fatalities. It will take longer to provide death data, but that data should be more accurate, according to its director. This comes less than three weeks after the ODH disclosed it had underreported the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state by more than 4,200. The ODH announced Tuesday that it would count “only verified mortality” COVID-19 fatalities from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s electronic death registration system. The CDC method is expected to take longer to verify COVID-19 as the cause of death, said Stephanie McCloud, ODH director. “It will have quality assurance...