Palm Beach County officials announced Tuesday that all county-operated beaches will remain open for the Labor Day weekend.
IT'S BREAKING TIES WITH QUESTDIAGNOSTICS... THIS AFTER THELAB REPORTED 75-THOUSANDCOVID-19 RESULTS.
SOME THATDATED AS FAR BACK AS APRIL.THE HEALTH DEPARTENT SAYS THEBACK-LOG SIGNIFICANTLY SKEWEDNUMBERS.
NUMBERS STATE ANDLOCAL LEADERS RELY ON TODETERMINE WHEN TO RE-OPENSCHOOLS, BUSINESSES -ESSENTIALLY FLORIDA'S ECONOMY.TAKE A LOOK..
WITHOUT THE DATADUMP THE NUMBER OF POSITIVITETEST RESULTS WOULD HAVEHOVERED AT 37- HUNDRED.
BUTWITH QUEST'S RESULTS THATNUMBER JUMPS TO MORE THAN 7-THOUSAND NEW CASES.
THEPERCENT OF FIRST- TIMEPOSITIVE CASES- ALSO SKEWED.WITHOUT THE BACKLOG OF QUESTRESULTS THE POSITIVITY RATEWOULD BE AT 5.9 PERCENT.INSTEAD IT'S A WHOLE PERCENTHIGHER..THE GOVERNOR SAYS - BY LAW-QUEST IS REQUIRED TO REPORTALL COVID-19 TEST RESULTS TOTHE D-O-H IN A TIMELY MANNER.QUEST MAINTAINS IT DIDIMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THOSE WHOTESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.HOWEVER QUEST SAYS THERE WAS ATECHNICAL ISSUE THAT LED TOTHE DELAY.THEY RELEASED A STATEMENTSAYING IN PART - IT TAKESSERIOUSLY ITS RESPONSIBILITYTO REPORT LABORATORY DATA TOPUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN ATIMELY MANNER TO AID PANDEMICRESPONSE.
THE TECHNICAL ISSUEHAS SINCE BEEN FIXED.RIGHT NOW -
The state to severed all ties with the private lab.
Florida's Department of Health has severed ties with Quest Diagnostics after the company attempted to dump 75,000 COVID-19 test..
