San Juan Basin Public Health adopts new COVID-19 death reporting protocols

The SJBPH Data Dashboard, www.sjbpublichealth.org/sjbph-data-dashboard, now reflects the two new reporting categories: deaths among people with COVID-19 and deaths among people who died from COVID-19.

SJBPH has always adhered to CDPHE’s protocols for COVID-19 case investigations, quarantine and isolation and reporting. SJBPH has updated its protocols for reporting deaths effective Monday. These protocols include reporting:

The number of deaths among people with COVID-19. This represents the total number of deaths reported among people who have COVID-19, but COVID-19 may not have been the cause of death listed on the death certificate. The number of deaths among people who died from COVID-19: This represents the total number of people whose death was attributed to COVID-19 as indicated on a death certificate.For more information, visit www.sjbpublichealth.org/coronavirus.