Brought-in-dead: 80pct not diagnosed with Covid-19 before death

Published: Aug 6, 2021 8:54 AM | Updated: Aug 6, 2021 1:09 PM

A majority of Covid-19 brought-in-dead (BID) cases were those who had not been diagnosed with the virus before death.

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