Incorrect Data Reported To ADPH

Incorrect Data Reported To ADPH

And how it is affecting north alabama.

We start this morning with waay 31's sierra phillips.

In the last 10 minutes we heard from dr. karen landers with the alabama department of health in a live video-call interview.

We learned that they monitor the data they are getting closely and are working to make sure this doesn't happen again.

According to dr. landers, the number of confirmed cases on the department's website is correct right now... she told us a reporting issue happened on friday..

When an outside agency mistakenly marked around 100 coronavirus lab results as positive instead of negative.

Since then... the state has been working to figure out what went wrong so it doesn't happen again.

Dr. landers said no patients were given the wrong test results and patients should remain confident in the testing.

The name of the outside agency involved has not been released.

There is some good news-- dr. landers said this morning there is a slow in the number of cases, but we need to stick to staying home as much as possible to make sure that continues to happen.

Reporting live in huntsville sierra