"Also, it's very sad (according to the news media) but the deaths just keep climbing. At no point have we have a decrease in the number of deaths. "
I suspect what Mak was talking about is reassessment of the CAUSE of death...
As in, well, he was shot in the head 14 times, but had asymptomatic Kung Flu, so Kung Flu was the cause of death.
There were a bunch of reports back in April or so about every death, no matter what the cause, being attributed to Kung Flu if the person tested positive.