Texas just updated their stats from a backlog of reporting. Even when there is no effort to hide how many cases there are, it's like all other aspects of this problem, systems are going to be overloaded, even more so because many were understaffed for normal conditions.
Let's try to remember that the people who have to collect the stats and update the data bases are fellow human being who can only do so much.
Author: WFAA Staff
Published: 3:35 PM CDT August 16, 2020
Updated: 11:07 PM CDT August 16, 2020
Dallas County officials said they were notified of an additional 5,195
cases from the past six months by state officials Saturday due a backlog
in state data.
Nearly 10,000 people have died in Texas from COVID-19 since tracking began in March, state officials reported Sunday, as state data backlogs continue to plague counties' tracing efforts.
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Counties across the state have been reporting large backlogs of data from Texas officials for the past few days, with Dallas County officials reporting 5,195 additional cases Sunday from the past six months.
The majority of the Dallas County cases were from people who tested positive in July: 4,298.
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"It is expected that there will be more batches of cases missed by the state’s system being reported in the coming days," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. "All this reinforces the importance of self-isolating and following CDC guidance if you were tested and awaiting results. This also means isolating from your family and wearing a mask inside your home to keep them from getting infected in case you are positive for COVID-19."
The judge also said the backlog meant local officials had not been able to conduct any contract tracing for those nearly 5,200 cases.
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[Some other counties reported updates from the backlog, but not as big as Dallas County.]
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