Brendan Burgess
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I think it’s because of testing issues, based on anecdotal reports though. I agree with you that some of the reports make no sense. I think the media is sometimes influenced by the need not to panic people and the reports skim the facts too much.212 new cases today.
Does this reflect a lower rate of infection or is it something to do with the testing.
On the RTE news, George Lee said that we are doing the same amount of testing but the percentage positive has risen. On reflection, this makes no sense.
They really should publish the number of tests finalised each day and how many of them are positive.
Brendan
I think the media is sometimes influenced by the need not to panic people and the reports skim the facts too much.
Agree with this Brendan. It would also be useful to know how many tests are in the lab queue (i.e. the tests have been taken and are awaiting processing). It sounds like there may be a 10+ days of a backlog currently so it means the numbers we are getting each day are very old numbers. It would be good to know these numbers so that we can see if they are dropping or increasing each day.They really should publish the number of tests finalised each day and how many of them are positive.
it means the numbers we are getting each day are very old numbers.
Day | Opening | New | Total | Increase |
x | 1,000 | 250 | 1,250 | 25% |
x+1 | 1,250 | 250 | 1,500 | 20% |
X+2 | 1,500 | 250 | 1,750 | 17% |
x+3 | 1,750 | 250 | 2,000 | 14% |
x+4 | 2,000 | 250 | 2,250 | 13% |
x+5 | 2,250 | 250 | 2,500 | 11% |
x+6 | 2,500 | 250 | 2,750 | 10% |
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