The exceptional challenge posed to society and the health service around relating the mortalities to COVID-19 and its impact on care for the deceased and their families has necessitated looking into this aspect as part of the response to the pandemic. All participants in the system must be ever conscious of this and conduct themselves in a manner that does not add to the work burden, the spread of disease, and/or the emotional suffering of families. Prompt and accurate certification of death due to COVID19 remains also a critical measure of ongoing public health surveillance and response. This guideline is issued to provide a framework to death certifier during the COVID-19 pandemic.