Numbers jumble at the BAG. There has been no update on the infection numbers since Thursday, December 30, 2021. Then today the message: In the last 96 hours there have been 38,437 new coronavirus infections. The number of tests carried out is 144,131.
Only: the real numbers are much higher. Because the BAG only shows the infection numbers from Friday to Sunday in its update. The BAG did not include the infections from Thursday to Friday in the total number of cases.
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Correction in the afternoon
So the FOPH has “forgotten” a day. And thus almost 20,000 corona cases. In fact, the office corrected its numbers in the afternoon and announced that in addition to the 38,437 reports already reported, 18,950 “forgotten” cases will be added on Thursday.
Instead of just over 38,000 cases, the number of new infections since the last report last Thursday is well over 50,000 – specifically, 57,387 infections were reported to the FOPH between Thursday and Sunday.
The office has not yet been able to announce why the BAG has forgotten a day. (sac / zis)