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First report from the German Covid-19 autopsy registry

• _Microft 5y ago
  From the findings: The analysis of the chain of events directly leading to death revealed COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death in 86% of the autopsy cases, whereas in 14% COVID-19 was a concomitant disease. The most common immediate cause of death was diffuse alveolar damage, followed by multi-organ failure. This means six out of seven died from Covid-19 and not just with it. That's a higher fraction than I would have expected.