Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
Heard a doctor talking about this earlier.

COVID-19 is an acceptable direct or underlying cause of death for the purposes of completing the MCCD, even without the results of a positive test

from

"Verification of Death (VoD), Completion
of Medical Certificates of Cause of
Death (MCCD) and Cremation Forms in
the Community in England and Wales"

erring on the side of Covid.
If somebody has the typical symptoms and signs (hypoxia in particular), and the classic ground glass appearance on their CXR/CT scan, they are highly likely to have Covid, even if a test is negative.