State officials still scrambling to fix a database tracking coronavirus cases
to understand the spread of the virus in their communities. Several counties throughout the state are applying for waivers to reopen schools. That allowance, like counties’ permission to reopen certain businesses, relies heavily on data tied to case counts and hospitalizations.the state stopped adding and removing counties from its list of areas experiencing higher rates of transmission, which subjects them to more restrictions than other parts of California.
By July, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other leaders had rolled back some of the reopening, and there are signs those changes are helping slow the outbreaks. “We are really worried that we’re losing some cases and that may in fact result in some small increases in transmission in the weeks ahead,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday.
Ghaly said the state would work through the backlog of records over the next 24 to 48 hours. He said state missteps compounded a problem that began with a server outage, and he promised a full investigation. The changes were supposed to be temporary, Ghaly said, but the state did not disable them, “causing further delays in our reporting of lab data and creating an extensive backlog.”
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