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Going down? Maybe not. State reports technical glitch led to COVID-19 undercount

Original post made on Aug 5, 2020

California's daily count of COVID-19 cases appears to be falling, but that may be due to underreporting caused by technical issues, state health officials said Tuesday.

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Posted by Kathy
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Aug 5, 2020 at 2:06 pm

Kathy is a registered user.

Our schools and businesses reopening or remaining closed depend upon the accuracy of this data. If the state can't keep an accurate count, shouldn't the criteria be changed for opening or closing?


Posted by MVresident2003
a resident of Mountain View
on Aug 5, 2020 at 10:30 pm

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Nah, just need to wait until after the election.


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