It’s an exaggeration. They’re counting unique tests per day instead of unique people tested. It doesn’t say outright that they are changing how they count positive tests. Just number of tests.
We have also improved the way we report the number of people who have been tested. Prior to May 1, VDH was reporting the number of unique people who had been tested for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This was a valid measure early in the response as people were typically being tested once. As this response evolves, we have made the change to report the number of unique people tested per day rather than the number of unique people who have been tested at any point during the response.
OK so the NEWS link has been removed. So is this real or not? Anyone?
It’s Solomon
It’s real
It’s an exaggeration. They’re counting unique tests per day instead of unique people tested. It doesn’t say outright that they are changing how they count positive tests. Just number of tests.
What you typed makes no sense. The headline is factual.
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/2020/05/02/data-improvements/
Here is the source document.