State Auditor: Review of Office of Public Health's COVID data reporting procedures reveals several concerns 3 months 5 days 10 hours ago Monday, December 21 2020 Dec 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 6:53 AM December 21, 2020 in News Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE - A recent audit of the Louisiana Department of Health Office of Public Health (OPH) revealed a lack of procedural efficiency that may impact its reporting of COVID data statistics. According to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office, auditors who examined the reliability of the data reported on the OPH’s COVID-19 Dashboard found that while the organization has processes in place to ensure data on the number of positive cases and deaths are not over-reported on the dashboard, it does not have a process to make sure the laboratories handling COVID-19 testing submit complete results or submit test results in a timely manner.