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COVID-19 may have killed people who never tested positive for the virus, N.J. report finds
Home deaths were up while hospitalizations were down, a sign that missed care may have been a factor.
by Stacey Burling
Published Dec 17, 2021
A new report adds to evidence that COVID-19 not only killed directly through infection last year but indirectly through fear that prevented what might have been lifesaving treatment.
The analysis from the New Jersey Hospital Association and its Center for Health Analytics, Research, and Transformation (CHART) found that COVID-19 was listed as the primary cause of death for nearly 16,500 New Jersey residents in 2020. But deaths from other causes were also considerably higher than usual the year the virus emerged in the U.S., a possible sign that thousands more died either because they didn’t know they were infected or were afraid they’d catch the virus if they went to the hospital.
The report was released Thursday as a wave of cases caused by the delta variant threatens to overwhelm hospitals in many parts of the country and as the nation braces for a surge caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant...
COVID-19 may have killed people who never tested positive for the virus, N.J. report finds
Home deaths were up while hospitalizations were down, a sign that missed care may have been a factor.
by Stacey Burling
Published Dec 17, 2021
A new report adds to evidence that COVID-19 not only killed directly through infection last year but indirectly through fear that prevented what might have been lifesaving treatment.
The analysis from the New Jersey Hospital Association and its Center for Health Analytics, Research, and Transformation (CHART) found that COVID-19 was listed as the primary cause of death for nearly 16,500 New Jersey residents in 2020. But deaths from other causes were also considerably higher than usual the year the virus emerged in the U.S., a possible sign that thousands more died either because they didn’t know they were infected or were afraid they’d catch the virus if they went to the hospital.
The report was released Thursday as a wave of cases caused by the delta variant threatens to overwhelm hospitals in many parts of the country and as the nation braces for a surge caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant...