Tuesday marked the arrival of the much-discussed California coronavirus backlog numbers. The reported daily new case total in the state soared by nearly 5,000 infections from Monday to Tuesday. On …
The reported daily new case total in the state soared by nearly 5,000 infections from Monday to Tuesday., Governor Gavin Newsom said there were 7,751 new cases in the state. That’s a substantial drop from about 10,000 two weeks ago, just before the data errors began to take effect.
The percentage day-over-day jump in reported new infections from Monday to Tuesday is about 38 percent.Tuesday’s new cases were accompanied by the following disclaimer on the state COVID-19 dashboard: “Today’s case counts include backlogged cases that would have been reported in earlier days and weeks and are not an accurate representation of cases reported in the prior 24 hours.”
On Friday, California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly held a news conference and admitted that multiple errors on the state’s part had caused a backlog of 250,000-300,000 records in its case data reporting system. That system is used primarily to parse and distribute coronavirus data.
The data disaster is particularly embarrassing for the governor, who is fond of saying “data is foundational” to his coronavirus decisions.
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