The percent of positive covid 19 tests for florida has been over 10% for last two weeks with a high 18% on July 8 and a low of 11% yesterday, July 11.
There is no doubt we have a lot of new cases here. However, the percent positive rate is an important barometer to judge the trends.
In the last few days people who scour the Florida coronavirus websites have noticed something peculiar.
Yesterday, July 11, 333 Florida labs reported 100% positivity on all their tests, which amounts to 3528 positives reported to the state with zero negatives. Another 31 labs reported 90-99% positive tests for a total of 1767 positives and very few negatives. Thats about 50% of all positives for the day. These results are not plausible when you have a statewide average of 10-15% positivity. These results skew the positive rate upward by several percentage points. Something is wrong with their reporting system if so many labs are not reporting their negative test results.
Hopefully some sharp reporters will get on this and try to find out what is happening.
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