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Florida Labs Admit Major Errors in Reporting COVID-19 Positivity Rates

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The state of Florida started out the week with the state department of health reporting 15,000 new COVID-19 infections as of Sunday, July 12, all occurring in just 24 hours. But an alert Fox News team member took a closer look at the numbers — and questioned why so many labs were reporting 100% positivity rates.

As it turned out, some labs weren’t reporting negative results at all. The reporter then called every single location mentioned in the health department’s report and found the locations’ numbers don’t match up with the health department’s.

For example, Orlando Health was reported to have a 98% positivity rate, but the hospital told Fox News the rate is actually only 9.4%. The Orlando Veteran’s Medical Center, which the health department said had a 76% rate, actually has only a 6% positivity rate.

Florida Department of Health spokespersons said they had immediately begun to work with the labs to be more “comprehensive and transparent” with their numbers.

SOURCES:

Zero Hedge July 14, 2020

Fox 35 July 14, 2020