Our daily update is published. States reported 665k tests and 54k cases. 1,088 COVID-19 deaths were reported today, about 100 down from last Saturday.
We’ve mentioned data and testing reporting problems in CA and FL this week, and should also flag that WA is having IT trouble that has prevented the state from reporting negative results since 8/1 and is lowering hosp. numbers. doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Co…
As a reminder, many states and territories don’t report—or don’t report fully—on the weekend.
In better news, the great state of Texas is now reporting antigen tests. TX is doing it right, separating antigen results from PCR and reporting both positives and totals. You’ll see the numbers in our dataset as soon as we get antigens into the API. txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashbo…
Getting Texas antigen test results into public view has been a tangled process, and we’re very glad to see them. The @HoustonChron reported on the whole story last weekend: houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
It’s difficult to understand what’s happening with COVID-19 data right now, but we’re hoping to see better data soon as CA reporting problems are fixed, FL testing gets back up to speed, and hospital data improves nationally.
But ultimately, we need testing to pick up again if we want to keep eyes on the virus. covidtracking.com/blog/the-last-…
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