June 29, 2021 - CTV News

Canada's real death toll from COVID-19 may far exceed official tally: report

By: Avis Favaro, Elizabeth St. Philip and Alexandra Mae Jones

Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research, published a case report early on in the pandemic detailing a woman who presented atypically, and then was diagnosed with COVID-19 two days later.

“We probably lost a lot of deaths being reported from COVID-19 because there just wasn't any thought to actually investigate those deaths, even in a post-mortem way, just to actually do a test and say, ‘Was COVID a factor?’” he told CTV News.