Mary Wilson
Well-known member
By Karli Barnett
August 12, 2020 at 11:28 pm
The FDOH tweeted:
“Today, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) received a backlog of testing data from Niznik Lab Corp in Miami, dating back to June 23rd. The lab reported over 4,000 cases occurring over the past 7 weeks, but which had not been reported to DOH until today… Therefore, this backlog severely skews today’s daily report for Miami-Dade & is not reflective of current trends. Once DOH was informed of this testing data backlog, we immediately reached out to Niznik Lab & we are investigating the matter, along with Miami-Dade leadership.”
For reference, Miami Dade saw a single-day increase in positive cases of about 1,160 on Monday. On Tuesday, it was an increase of about 1,500.
So it raised some red flags when Wednesday that jumped to 4,141. That accounted for almost half of the state’s single-day increase.
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/backlog-covid-tests-miami-dade-lab-results-misleading-stats/
August 12, 2020 at 11:28 pm
The FDOH tweeted:
“Today, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) received a backlog of testing data from Niznik Lab Corp in Miami, dating back to June 23rd. The lab reported over 4,000 cases occurring over the past 7 weeks, but which had not been reported to DOH until today… Therefore, this backlog severely skews today’s daily report for Miami-Dade & is not reflective of current trends. Once DOH was informed of this testing data backlog, we immediately reached out to Niznik Lab & we are investigating the matter, along with Miami-Dade leadership.”
For reference, Miami Dade saw a single-day increase in positive cases of about 1,160 on Monday. On Tuesday, it was an increase of about 1,500.
So it raised some red flags when Wednesday that jumped to 4,141. That accounted for almost half of the state’s single-day increase.
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/backlog-covid-tests-miami-dade-lab-results-misleading-stats/