In order to avoid omitting deaths from nCoV, Belgium includes suspected untreated infections, making Covid-19 more deaths than many countries.

In the US, Russia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and many other countries, the total number of deaths for all causes has skyrocketed since March, far exceeding the number of Covid-19-related deaths reported by countries.

Belgium, the country with the highest per capita Covid-19 mortality rate in the world, is an exception.

This approach sparked criticism in Belgium last month, as it caused the country to have a "bad reputation", but France, Britain, New York state and elsewhere are turning to a similar method to Belgium.

Lauren Gardner, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, said that Covid-19 statistics from countries like the United States and China missed many cases and deaths.

WHO and the Centers for Disease Control in the United States and Europe recommend any case where Covid-19 is considered a contributing factor to death, based on test results or medical assessments, so

Meanwhile, the total number of deaths has risen sharply in many areas since the beginning of the pandemic.

But the inclusion of people suspected of being infected with nCoV in deaths will make the epidemic more serious than other countries and affect the country's image.

US President Donald Trump, at a White House Covid-19 press conference on April 18, said he saw "a positive sign that the epidemic had passed its peak", with the chart showing Belgium at the top.

In the face of public criticism, Belgian Health Minister Maggie De Block proposed publishing more data including only deaths of nCoVs that had test results for better comparison with other countries.

In the absence of testing, the physician can conclude whether the death was due to nCoV.

Many health experts disagree with this view.

Doctors' self-conclusion is not new: Only a number of deaths from illness in the United States are screened, but all are listed as causes of death.

According to experts, the measure of accuracy is the difference between the total number of deaths from all causes and those confirmed to be caused by Covid-19.

Anderson pointed out that during the week of April 6 to April 11, the US recorded about 21,000 more deaths than usual, of the 18,000 confirmed cases associated with Covid-19.

Gardner thinks this situation can be overcome when including suspected deaths due to Covid-19.

The number of deaths in some parts of the world.

Belgium is a small difference.

More than half of all nCoV deaths in Belgium are reported in nursing homes.

France, Britain and the US states including New York, meanwhile, recorded nCoV deaths in nursing homes only a few weeks after they began detecting cases in these facilities.

Belgium reported about 80 deaths from nCoV per 100,000 people, much higher than 55 in the UK and about 30 in the US.

"We have one of the highest mortality rates," she said.