That is a shortfall of 625,379 v “tests”.
How long a delay to get results?
3,446 +ves (233,151 total). 1+ve for every 20.79 people tested
428 deaths following a +ve test in an Pillar 1- NHS/PH lab. (33,614 total) 14.41% fatality.
With infectious disease test has to be super quick and results notified pronto to be useful to GPs & Local PH too.
The gap between this number and people tested seems to be growing wider daily. How many were posted tests with no return label or remaining uncollected?