A Closer Look At The State's Coronavirus Numbers

Doctor Karen Landers admitted several issues the state is having with its coronavirus dashboard and some labs are still catching up.

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Today we asked the alabama department of public health about repeated issues with its coronavirus dashboard.

Waay31's breken terry took some of your concerns straight to the public health officer for answers.

Doctor karen landers admitted several issues as the state rolled out its dashboard.

And some labs are still catching up.

It's why she stressed looking at averages is a lot more important than a daily number.

Landers- some laboratories were not familiar with the reportable disease requirements in alabama because they had never done it before.

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Karen landers with the the department of public health said labs have corrected how and what they report.

Landers told me software glitches with an outside vendor are also fixed now.

Landers- when your doing real time data you can expect these kind of issues and that's why our team is constantly monitoring the data and looking for any unusual trends.

I asked landers if people can trust the numbers the department is putting out, because of the constant flaws, fluctuating numbers and testing delays.

Landers-we do feel confident that that number is a good number but at the same time you have to look at trends and now we are seeing a slight flattening out and a slight decrease in our positivity.

Landers said they have had some issues in getting all of the items needed to complete the coronavirus tests, but that's a supply chain issue nationwide.

She said they have secured more supplies for now.

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