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Audit of ACT death certificates uncovers more COVID-19-related deaths in Canberra

Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman says the missing data would not have changed the ACT's response. (ABC News)

An audit of death certificates has revealed COVID-19 played a role in killing 61 more people in Canberra than previously thought.

ACT Health has adjusted its official tally of COVID-19-related deaths to 224 since the beginning of the outbreak in 2020 — a 37 per cent increase.

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