“We have been reporting at the state, deaths among people who had COVID-19 at the time of death and the cause of that death may or may not have been COVID-19."

While the two links below  are about Colorado, the question is a valid one for all states.

The CDC addresses excess deaths associated with COVID19.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm



Colorado coronavirus death counts decreased as the state removed duplicates from the database.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denverpost.com/2020/04/25/coronavirus-covid-colorado-new-cases-deaths-april-15/amp/

Dr. Eric France,Chief Medical Officer for the Colorado Department of Health and Environment changed coronavirus  death statistics yesterday.

“We have been reporting at the state, deaths among people who had COVID-19 at the time of death and the cause of that death may or may not have been COVID-19."

https://kdvr.com/news/coronavirus/fewer-covid-19-deaths-reported-in-colorado-after-health-department-changes-fatality-categorization/