About a third of cases may be missing due to state reporting glitch, Sonoma County says

Ashley Zavala reports

DOZENS OF THEM ARE AFFECTEDSOME EVEN SAYING THE IMPACT OFTHIS IS SEVERE.

AT LEAST 23COUNTIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA SAYTHEIR COVID-19 DATA COULD BEUNDER REPORTED BECAUSE OFISSUES WITH THE STATE'SELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEMFOR DISEASES, THE EFFECTS FELTIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTSALL ACROSS THE STATE SANJOAQUIN COUNTY'S DASHBOARDTHURSDAY, BUT THE PROBLEMCOULD DATE BACK TO AS EARLY ASJULY 27TH SAYING THE DATA ISSEVERELY DELAYED IN SONOMACOUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALSREPORTEDLY SAY ITS LATESTACCOUNTS COULD BE MISSINGABOUT A 3RD OF ITS ACTUALCOVID-19 CASES THIS ISSUE MAYIMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO RECEIVEALL THE LAB REPORTS IN ORDERTO INVESTIGATE CASES.AND CONTACT TRACE TO THEEXTENT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOINGAS QUICKLY AS WE'VE BEEN DOINGPROBABLY STATE HEALTH LEADERSFIRST ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEMTUESDAY AFTER CALIFORNIAREPORTED ITS SLOWESTSINGLE-DAY CASE COUNT SINCEEARLY JULY THE ISSUE MAINLYAFFECTS CASE COUNTS NOT ACTUALTEST RESULTS DEATHS ORHOSPITALIZATIONS AND ICUNUMBERS, CALIFORNIA HEALTHOFFICIALS HAVE YET TO SAY WHENTHE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ORWHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THEGLITCH.

THE STATE RELIES ONTHIS DATA TO MAKE KEY REOPENING AND CLOSING DECISIONS,38 COUNTIES CURRENTLY SIT ONTHE STATE'S COMMUNITY SPREADWATCH LIST.WE REACHED OUT TO GOVERNORGAVIN NEWSOME FOR COMMENT BUTHIS OFFICE REFERRED US TO THESTATE'S PUBLIC HEALTHDEPARTMENT, NO WORD YET ONWHEN THE GOVERNOR WILL ADDRESSTHIS ISSUE PUBLICLY REPORTINGIN SACRAMENTO, ASHLEY ZAVALA