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Old 07-13-2020, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by FredJacobs View Post
It appears that this is a partial report. The number of positive cases is important to know so that they can plan and keep tabs on those infected. There has to be a second chart showing the number of total cases actually tested; without it they can not determine the shape of the curve. It is irresponsible reporting to only show the number of new cases - fear mongering. It is important to know whether the 3,528 cases were out of 10,000 (35%), 30,000 (12%) or 100,000 (3.5%) people tested.
Correct, you can't know the true percentage of positive tests if all negatives are not reported. I don't think this was done intentionally, at least hope not. It appears to be government bureaucracy ineptitude at work. It's not hard to design a system that reports both positive and negative results automatically. Just a few lines of code.

According to Martin County report, negative results must be entered manually.