Have a look at the data rather than media reports. In order to bypass any government interference in causes of death, it may be more appropriate to look at excess mortality instead - the number of people dying from any cause this year, as compared to the recent average.
The Economist has presented the data quite well. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/07/15/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries

Deaths start to deviate (increase) considerably from the expected value around late March/early April in a lot of countries...


We might also consider the extent of any discrepancy between excess deaths and official Covid deaths to be suggestive of the degree of honesty (or competence) of a government when ascribing cause of death.



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