Slow reporting from labs can hinder coronavirus response, create doubt
AP State officials and testing labs are working to prevent “data dumps” of old coronavirus test results that can inflate daily totals reported to the public. TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. More than a year into the covid-19 pandemic, some virus cases identified during the first outbreak across Western Pennsylvania only recently were reported in Westmoreland County. The cases were part of a data dump on Wednesday from one lab that included cases from March 2020 to March 2021, causing the county to s...