Dallas County officials reported 5,361 confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, close to 5,200 of which came from a backlog of reports from the state health department Saturday.
The state health department said the majority of the 5,195 overdue cases reported Sunday – 4,298 – were from tests performed in July, according to a preliminary burglary. 13 came from March, 149 from April, 80 from May, 52 from June and 603 from August, according to the province.
The new numbers drove the seven-day average of the province of newly reported cases up from 605 to 1,251 and increased the 14-day average from 534 to 880.
Officials on Sunday also confirmed the province’s 825th death from the coronavirus, a Dallas man in his 50s who had been critically ill at a hospital in the area. The man had underlying health conditions with high risks.
Dallas County now has a total of 63,428 coronavirus cases and 825 deaths. The province also reported 2,515 total probable cases and 7 probable deaths over COVID-19.
Dallas County does not report COVID-19 repairs because it lacks the manpower to follow up with thousands of patients, however, the Texas Department of State Health Services places an estimated number of repairs on its site and lists 45,581 for Dallas County as of Saturday, August 15th. . Using data provided by the state, there are an estimated 10,045 active COVID-19 cases in the province.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that more batches of cases missed by the state system will be reported in the coming days.
“Because of the mistakes, none of these 5,195 cases were disclosed to our public health team. There was no trace of them done,” Jenkins said. “Therefore, it is also important when you know that your COVID-19 is positive to inform all those with whom you have close contact so that they can self-isolate.”
The effects of the backlog have been seen in other counties, including Tarrant, which added more than 1,400 newly reported cases to its total on Saturday. Of these, 1,151 of the cases were from behind and were from specimens collected more than 30 days ago, according to Tarrant County Public Health.
Lara Anton, press officer for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said the latest backlog was the result of a three-lab coding error that prevented lab results from being uploaded to the system.
When the bugs were fixed, about 350,000 test results streamed in from one lab on Sunday and Monday, along with 95,000 on Tuesday from another lab and about 60,000 on Saturday from the third lab, she said.
Anton said the delay did not affect patients to find out if they were positive for the coronavirus.
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