(Providence, RI)--It was revealed on Wednesday by Rhode Island health officials that about ten percent of the state's coronavirus-related deaths happened for reasons not related to the disease.That's according to a report from WPRI-TV.Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott responded to a reporter's question at the governor's briefing on Wednesday about the accuracy of the death toll, citing a story of a local man dying in a car crash, but the cause of death was apparently listed as COVID-19.Alexander-Scott said the state is working to distinguish between deaths brought on by a COVID-19 diagnosis and deaths that are not necessarily due to someone having the disease.She said she's very confident in the data that has been put out by the state.
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