Two contractors failed to report 230,000 COVID tests during Florida's omicron wave

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Two contractors failed to report 230,000 COVID tests during Florida’s omicron wave
Miami Herald, 2/11/2022

The Florida Department of Health on Monday reprimanded two companies for failing to report more than 230,000 COVID-19 tests taken in December and January.

The missing tests could mean that the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Florida was even higher than reported during the state’s omicron wave — the most widespread outbreak to date — which peaked at over 65,000 average daily cases on Jan. 11, according to federal health data.

The state has received all of the missing test results and state employees are currently reviewing the data, Department of Health spokesperson Jeremy Redfern said in an email to the Herald/Times.

According to letters from the department to the testing contractors, Nomi Health didn’t report 150,000 lab records, most of which originated between Jan. 13th and 18th. Empire City Laboratories failed to account for more than 80,000 tests, mostly between Dec. 1, 2021, and Jan. 30, 2022.

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[Midnight Writer]

1. Bartcop's Law.

If someone makes a mistake, and that mistake works in their favor, expect to see them make that same "mistake" over and over.

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