I also did a quick search. Apparently the CDC required the CDPHE to report the total number of people who died while having COVID-19, which the department did.

I also did a quick search. Apparently the CDC required the CDPHE to report the total number of people who died while having COVID-19, which the department did. Then they switched to reporting the number of deaths caused by COVID-19, AND the number of deaths of people who had COVID-19. That caused confusion which led to the threat of criminal charges. https://koanewsradio.iheart.com/content/2020-05-15-gov-polis-state-is-not-reclassifying-deaths-to-covid-19/ https://koanewsradio.iheart.com/content/2020-05-15-gov-polis... > Won't hear about this in the news! Huh? I found lots of news articles about it.