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Our daily update is published. The focus is on tests today: states reported 664k tests, the lowest figure since July 8. There were 52k reported cases and 1,401 deaths.
Some of the testing fall off is attributable to IT trouble in MA today and storm-related closures in FL. Still, the problem is broader. Weekly testing declined for the first time ever in our dataset.
There are widespread problems right now in the top-level data. In different ways, California and Florida have had trouble reporting complete data because of storms and IT problems. Because they are populous states with large outbreaks, that influences the national numbers.
California’s electronic reporting system has broken down, according to public health and media reports. For example, this is the note Santa Clara County posted.

latimes.com/california/sto…
The recent storm impaired Florida’s ability to do tests and therefore to confirm cases. Also, a large gap has opened between the total number of tests the state is reporting and the number of unique people who are being tested. We report the latter.
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