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WQ.201/2020

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY K.F. MOREL OF ST. LAWRENCE

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 2nd JUNE 2020

Question

Will the Minister confirm the number of post mortem examinations that have been performed on patients diagnosed with Covid-19 who subsequently died?

Answer

No post mortem examination was performed on patients whose Covid-19 infection was established during life (either by virology nasopharyngeal swab tests or clinical symptoms /imaging). In one case, Covid-19 was identified on the post-mortem tissue sample (nasopharyngeal swab and lung tissue), but the underlying cause of death was an extensive acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atheroma.