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DHEC changing way COVID-19 percent positive is calculated
This new method is calculated by dividing all positive COVID-19 tests by the total number of COVID-19 tests, positive and negative, and then multiplying the result by 100 to get a percent. (Source: Houston Dept. of Health via CNN)
By Live 5 Web Staff | February 2, 2021 at 6:22 PM EST - Updated February 3 at 1:53 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Officials with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced on Tuesday afternoon that they were changing the way the percent positive is calculated for COVID-19 cases.
Previously, state health officials produced the percent positive by dividing the number of people with positive results by the number of people who had taken tests overall which included positive and negative results. ....

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