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An extra 11,000 positive coronavirus tests missing from official figures in Wales demonstrate “how serious the position” in the country is, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.
Maintenance work on Public Health Wales systems at the end of last week meant the numbers were not included on top of 11,911 positive cases reported by the agency between December 9 and 15.
On Thursday Mr Drakeford denied the data had been “missing” from the country’s figures in recent days and was known by the Welsh Government.
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He told BBC Breakfast: “This was planned upgrading of the computer system, none of the data is missing, everybody who had a positive test in Wales was told that last week, everything was uploaded on to our Track, Trace and Protect system.
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A delay in reporting an extra 11,000 positive Covid tests in Wales has led to a big jump in case rates.
Public Health Wales (PHW) said planned IT maintenance meant there was a significant under-reporting but anyone who tested positive had been contacted in the usual way.
The delayed results came from Lighthouse Laboratories, which process about 70% of Wales tests.
The Welsh Conservatives said the news was staggering .
The 11,000 extra positive tests were taken between 9 and 15 December. PHW said the vast majority have been added to its dashboard, which records the figures, on Thursday.
The figures show an additional 4,221 cases have been added to the total for the week ending 11 December, an adjustment to what was reported on Wednesday.
Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford AN EXTRA 11,000 positive coronavirus tests missing from official figures in Wales demonstrate how serious the position in the country is, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said. Maintenance work on Public Health Wales systems at the end of last week meant the numbers were not included on top of 11,911 positive cases reported by the agency between December 9 and 15. This morning (Thursday, December 17) Mr Drakeford denied the data had been missing from the country s figures in recent days and was known by the Welsh Government. He told BBC Breakfast: This was planned upgrading of the computer system, none of the data is missing, everybody who had a positive test in Wales was told that last week, everything was uploaded on to our Track, Trace and Protect system.