INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF COVID-19 AS CAUSE OF DEATH BASED ON ICD-20/04/2020

A death due to COVID-19 is defined for [surveillance purposes]as a death resulting from a clinically compatible illness, in a probable or confirmed COVID-19 case, unless there is a clear alternative cause of death that cannot be related to COVID disease (e.g. trauma). There should be no period of complete recovery from COVID-19 between illness and death.