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cord-292015-pfvgpf7v	Brouwer, A. F.	SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in decedents in a large, urban medical examiner's office	2020-08-07		.txt	text/plain	2914	184	54	We found large racial disparities in test results: despite no statistical difference in the racial distribution between those flagged and not, SARS-CoV-2 positive decedents were substantially more likely to be Black (89% vs 51%). Since mid-March (shortly after surveillance networks began detecting positive cases [7] ), WCME has been piloting daily SARS-CoV-2 surveillance by testing nasopharyngeal swabs of decedents, including both COVID-19 suspects and nonsuspects. In this analysis we compare percent positivity in WCME's piloted SARS-Cov-2 surveillance among decedents-distinguishing between those flagged by a COVID-19 checklist and those that were not-to the percent positivity of tests among people in the surrounding catchment area. The percent positivity for SARS-CoV-2 infection among decedents flagged for testing by a COVID-19 checklist in large, urban medical examiner's office closely mirrored percent positivity among tests in the catchment population. . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.03.20162883 doi: medRxiv preprint CoV-2 test results among decedents not flagged by the COVID-19 checklist.	./cache/cord-292015-pfvgpf7v.txt	./txt/cord-292015-pfvgpf7v.txt