Are COVID figures filtering due to tests? Here's what experts say
Some suggest that the increase in testing is to tilt COVID digits, but data suggest that another factor is at stake.
There were a lot of discussions about theIncreasing number of coronavirus cases In the United States, with many people - including public agents - citing increased tests such as the actual reason COVID numbers are soaring. However, recent data show that this is not the case. According toCOVID monitoring projectThe growth of the case exceeds testing in more than half of the United States, demonstrating that the alarming peak in coronavirus cases can not be pinned on only tests. In fact, 28 states now see a greater rise inNew cases of coronavirus-Both test confirmed and likely than administered tests.
Among the states with the greatest disparities betweenNew cases and coronavirus tests are Florida, which has seen a recent increase of 1,061% of business and a 141% increase in testing. Other states with a major gap between growth and testing are the hot spots of Coronavirus in Texas, South Carolina and Nevada.
While these data indicate a major increase in the availability and administration of coronavirus tests, it also makes another apparent alarming truth: that new cases increase faster thanTest capacities. So, what does it mean in terms of longevity of the pandemic? According to Axios, which characterize the data of the COVID monitoring project, a good measure of aThe epidemic being under control is when the tests increase faster than new cases; Although this happens in the District of Columbia and New York, it indicates a largely comprehensive epidemic in many other states.
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"The figures we should consider [are] the percentage of positives compared to the total number of people tested"Ashok rai, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Treva Health, explained toWbay. "If this rate increases ... and the amount of tests you make is to increase, but does not increase at that rate, it means that you do not test enough."
Until test growth aligns with case growth throughout the country, theSpike in the case Should not be considered a good sign - but only the time will indicate how long it will take other states to catch up. "The reality is that states likeArizona, Florida and Texas have trouble responding to the request ofCoronavirus tests, which means that the pandemic already exceeds the ability of these states to be answered, "according to Axios. And for more insight into the rise of coronavirus cases,Dr. Fauci has this alarming message on the future lockers of the state.
