brad465
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Some credit to the BBC this time I think for actually headlining the error rather than scaremongering the daily increase number:
There are also people from my Twitter feed who are not pointing out the sudden increase either as much as the implications this has for our already disastrous Test and Trace programme.
Some credit to the BBC this time I think for actually headlining the error rather than scaremongering the daily increase number:
Covid: 16,000 coronavirus cases missed in daily figures after IT error
Those who tested positive were told and their contacts are being traced, the prime minister says.
www.bbc.co.uk
Nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus were not entered into the national computer system used for official figures because of a technical glitch, Public Health England says.
Some of the unreported cases were added to Saturday's figure of 12,872 new cases and Sunday's figure of 22,961.
It said all of these cases "received their Covid-19 test result as normal".
But BBC Health Editor Hugh Pym said it meant the contacts of those who tested positive had not been approached.
Public Health England said the cases were missed off daily reports between 25 September and 2 October.
A note on the government's coronavirus dashboard said: "The cases by publish date for 3 and 4 October include 15,841 additional cases with specimen dates between 25 September and 2 October - they are therefore artificially high for England and the UK."
There are also people from my Twitter feed who are not pointing out the sudden increase either as much as the implications this has for our already disastrous Test and Trace programme.
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