Are only 6% of reported deaths actually from COVID? No, and we’ll explain

Sep 2, 2020, 12:38 PM | Updated: 12:38 pm

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), watches a video monitor before a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

(Photo by Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

BY LAURA SCOTT

KIRO Newsradio Producer

KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross and reporter Aaron Granillo walk through a widely misinterpreted report from the CDC that only 6% of reported deaths are solely from COVID-19.

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