A “reasonable proportion” of COVID-19 hospitalisations in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are patients who were admitted to the hospital for other reasons but happened to test positive to routine COVID-19 virus in checks, according to the state’s Health Minister Brad Hazzard. Hazzard revealed that many of the people “hospitalised” for COVID-19 are just testing positive after being admitted for other illnesses and injuries, such as heart attacks, broken bones, mental health problems, and even giving birth, the Daily Telegraph reported. “In the early sampling of figures, a reasonable proportion of cases being classified as COVID hospitalisations are actually people with other reasons for admission,” Hazzard said. “Heart attacks, births, falls… None of that stops just because there is COVID. They come into hospital, they have a swab taken, and it confirms COVID.” “This shows us it’s out in the community, but we aren’t necessarily seeing that as the …