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Florida won't be releasing new coronavirus cases and deaths on Saturday. Here's why
The Florida Department of Health has sent near-daily novel coronavirus reports since March on test results, hospitalizations, deaths and more. But a private lab resending 400,000 test results has clogged the system.
On Saturday, health officials said that Helix Laboratory, a private lab, sent the DOH about 400,000 previously reported COVID-19 test results on Friday night. This has caused the state to put a hold on releasing Saturday’s state coronavirus updates.
This means reporting of the total number of new cases, deaths and hospitalizations in the state will be put on hold until Sunday.
“The massive size of the data file and the need to de-duplicate hundreds of thousands of results prevented the Department of Health’s automatic reporting system from processing yesterday’s results as it normally does,” health officials said in a statement....
On Saturday, health officials said that Helix Laboratory, a private lab, sent the DOH about 400,000 previously reported COVID-19 test results on Friday night. This has caused the state to put a hold on releasing Saturday’s state coronavirus updates.
This means reporting of the total number of new cases, deaths and hospitalizations in the state will be put on hold until Sunday.
“The massive size of the data file and the need to de-duplicate hundreds of thousands of results prevented the Department of Health’s automatic reporting system from processing yesterday’s results as it normally does,” health officials said in a statement....
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article246368485.html
