So with a new virus it is pretty important to know if the person who died had the Kung Flu. Death certificates are not one word either, they list primary cause and complicating factors. It may be weird to have someone who got hit by a bus having their death certificate list that they also had corona virus. However, part of the virus being novel is we don't know what it can do, especially if the person is asymptomatic. Viruses can do weird things neurologically, like rabies causes a fear of water. It could be possible that we see a massive increase in misc accidents with people who are asymptomatic infected because the virus is slowing reaction time.

Now scientists are separating all this data out. Age, gender, race, ect, as well as complications directly related to the virus vs. conditions exacerbated by the virus vs. had the virus (this is where we could see an increase in car accidents for example). This is how scientist and medical staff view it.

The news just takes # of deaths and reports just that. No break down.